| General Information | Program | Keynote Speakers | Presentations | Registration | Conference site | Accommodation | Organizers |
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8.00-9.30 Bus transportation from Kuopio research centre Neulanen,
Neulaniementie 4 (via airport) to Valamo
9.30-10.15 Registrations to hotel, coffee
SESSION I: Balancing risks and
benefits
Chair: Prof.emerit. Jouko Tuomisto, National Public Health
Institute (Finland)
10.25-11.10 Keynote: (EFSA view) Risks and benefits
in food safety and nutrition
Dr. David Carlander (EFSA)
11.20-11.50 Assessing benefits
and risks of fish consumption: Two approaches
Olli Leino and Anu Turunen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
12.00-13.45 Lunch break
14.45-14.10 Application of
Bayesian Belief Networks in the benefit-risk assessment of fish
consumption in the Beneris project
Patrycja Gradowska, Delft University of Technology
(Netherlands)
SESSION II: Burden of disease of
environmental factors
Chair: Dr. Jouni Tuomisto, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
14.25-15.05 Keynote: Using DALYs for estimating
burden of disease in the Netherlands
Dr. Erik Lebret, RIVM (Netherlands)
15.10-15.30 Uncertainties in
environmental burden of disease estimates
Anne Knol, RIVM (Netherlands)
15.35-15.55 Burden of
cancers diseases and their environmental factors
Prof. Anssi Auvinen, University of
Tampere (Finland)
16.00-16.30 Coffee and poster viewing
16.30-17.00 Poster presentations (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)
Risk-benefit analysis for drinking water
disinfection
Päivi Meriläinen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
Levels of organotin compounds in the blood of Finnish
Fishermen
Dr. Panu Rantakokko, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
Evaluation of copper and nickel exposure and risk of
adverse health effects in people living near a Cu-Ni smelter in SW
Finland
Virpi Kollanus, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
Neophobia in rats is an extremely sensitive endpoint of
TCDD toxicity
Sanna Lensu, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
19.15- Dinner / Get-together
20.45- Sauna
8.00-9.00 Breakfast
SESSION III: Integrating epidemiology and
toxicology in environmental health risk assessment
Chair: prof. Juha Pekkanen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
9.00-9.05 Opening of the session
Prof. Juha Pekkanen
9.05-9.50 Keynote:
Combining epidemiology and toxicology in practical risk
assessments
Prof, Dr.Med. Helmut Greim, Technische Universität München
(Germany)
10.00-10.15 A case study of
combining epidemiology and toxicology in a systematic way:
TCDD-induced dental aberrations in humans and rats
Marjo Niittynen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
10.20-10.35 Environmental metal exposure and cancer risk in the
proximity of the Harjavalta Industrial Park
Kari Pasanen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
10.40-11.10 Coffee and poster viewing
11.10-11.35 Applications of
paradigm breaking non-targeted effects for radiation protection and
risk estimates.
Dr. Oleg Belyakov, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
(Finland)
11.40-11.55 Risk and
environmental induced germ-line epigenetic inheritance
Prof. Keith Baverstock, University of Kuopio (Finland)
12.00-12.25 Radionuclides from
global nuclear fallout and Chernobyl accident in food and water in
Finland - views on the long-term exposure assessment
Dr. Aino Rantavaara, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
(Finland)
12.30-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-14.45 Poster presentations: (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)
Genomic
instability in C.elegans exposed to ionizing radiation
Katriina Korhonen, University of Kuopio (Finland)
Effects of
radiofrequency radiation on cellular reactive oxygen species
production and glutathione levels
Anne Höytö, University of Kuopio (Finland)
SESSION IV: New developments
in environmental health
- Highlights from the Graduate School of Environmental
Health.
Chair: Graduate student Jukka
Luukkonen, University of Kuopio (Finland)
14.45-14.50 Opening of the session
Jukka Luukkonen
14.50-15.40 Keynote: Seeing the forest and the trees:
a system approach to environmental health risk
assessment
Ph.D., Associate director, Christopher Portier (NIEHS,
USA)
15.50-16.05 Open participation
in Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Mikko Pohjola, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
16.10-16.40 Coffee and poster viewing
16.40-16.55 Large-scale
composting plants and odour annoyance in residential areas in
Finland
Marja-Leena Aatamila, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
17.00-17.30 Poster presentations: (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)
Cytotoxic and
inflammatory effects of hardwood combustion particles on mouse
macrophage cell line
Pasi Jalava, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
Associations between chemical composition of fine particulate
matter from six European cities and inflammatory responses in mouse
lung
Mikko Happo, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
Air Pollution
and Total Respiratory, Pneumonia and COPD Mortality and Morbidity
among Elderly
Jaana Halonen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
Measuring mRNA
expression by quantitative RT-PCR: Reproducible results
require precise reverse transcription and PCR
Jere Lindén, University of Helsinki (Finland)
Characterization of metal exposure in
ecological risk assessment.
Anne Holma (SYKE, Finland), Pauliina Ahtoniemi (University of
Kuopio, Finland)
19.00- Conference dinner on Slavic style
7.30-8.30 Breakfast; check-out the rooms
SESSION V: Exposure analysis
Chair: Prof. Matti Jantunen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
8.35-9.20 Key note: Exposure
and risk assessment of fine particles
Dr., Acting director, Linda Sheldon, U.S.EPA (USA)
9.30-9.55 From toxicological
research of urban air particles towards wider integration and
problem solving
Dr. Raimo O. Salonen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
10.00-10.20 Coffee
10.20-10.35 Intake Fraction: An
Emissions-to-Exposure Metric
Dr. Miranda Loh, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
10.40-10.55 Web based platform
for exposure assessment: Integration of databases and exposure
modeling tools
Dr. Arja Asikainen, National Public Health Institute
(Finland)
11.00-11.15 Integrated risk
analysis model to estimate health effects due to primary fine
particle (PM2.5) emissions from different sectors
Marko Tainio, National Public Health Institute (Finland)
11.20-11.40 European approach
to international environmental health indicators: ENHIS
Dr. Otto Hänninen, National Public Health Institute (Finland) /
WHO, Regional Office for Europe (Germany)
11.45-12.00 Best poster award
Closing words, Prof. Matti Jantunen
12.00-13.00 Lunch
12.40-14.10 Quick minibus transportation (arrival at the Kuopio
airport 13.40) for those who need to catch the flight at 14.40 from
Kuopio-Helsinki.
13.30-15.00 Bus transportation from Valamo to Kuopio for the rest
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