Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds

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A shared dialogue among Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians, the Hennepin Regional Poison Center, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

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Upcoming seminars
Other upcoming events
About Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds
Continuing Medical Education credits
Past seminars
Make a topic suggestion
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Upcoming seminars

Date Presenters Topic/Abstract and EEGR Notice
Feb. 1, 2012

Gopal V Punjabi, MD,
Radiologist, Hennepin County Medical Center

Jerome S. Puskin, PhD,
Director, Center for Science and Technology Radiation Protection Division, ORIA, EPA

Radiation - Medical and Environmental Exposures

Abstract: Laboratory studies indicate that radiation is both a mutagen and a carcinogen, and radiation has been clearly demonstrated to cause cancer in numerous cohorts of irradiated humans. Sources of radiation include both environmental sources as well as radiation exposure in medicine. Gopal Punjabi,MD, a radiologist at the Hennepin County Medical Center, will discuss medical sources of radiation including CT scans and the cancer risk associated with them. Jerome Puskin, PhD, Director for Science and Technology Radiation Protection Division ORIA, EPA will join us via video conference to provide the EPA’s approach to the assessment of cancer risk from low level, environmental exposures to ionizing radiation, along with its scientific basis.

Flyer - Please Post! Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds,
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 (PDF: 35KB/1 page)

Seminars will be held at:
Minnesota Department of Health
Snelling Office Park
1645 Energy Park Drive
Suite 300
St. Paul, MN

7 a.m. - 8 a.m.
Doors open at 6:45 a.m.

Parking: Free parking is available at Snelling Office Park.

Directions to the Minnesota Department of Health location at
Snelling Office Park

Save the date! Future EEGR seminars:
May 16, 2012

 

Other upcoming events

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About Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds

The purpose of Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds is to foster communication and multidisciplinary collaboration between medical and public health specialties through presentations and discussions that explore impact of environmental exposures on health.

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Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits

CMEs are not offered for this EEGR.
We are looking into reinstituting them.

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits have been offered for all previous Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds through Health Partners. Contact us at health.hazard@state.mn.us for more information.

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Past seminars

Date
Presenters
Topic/title
Abstract
Presentation
Nov. 2, 2011 Jon B. Cole, M.D.
Jim Kelly, M.S.		 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Indoor Air Quality Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Indoor Air Quality (PDF: 29KB/1 page) Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (PowerPoint file 2387 KB/40 slides)

Minnesota's Enclosed Sports Arena Rule (PDF: 301KB/12 pages)
May 18, 2011 Richard Danila, Ph.D., M.P.H. Sick Buildings, Toxins, Meowing Nuns, and Shrinking Genitalia Sick Buildings, Toxins, Meowing Nuns, and Shrinking Genitalia (PDF: 29KB/1 page)  
Feb. 9, 2011 Beth Baker, M.D. Lead Toxicity in Adults (and Children) Lead Toxicity in Adults (and Children) (PDF: 29KB/1 page)  
Oct. 27, 2010 Heather H. Nelson, M.P.H, Ph.D. The role of epigenetics in exposure-related malignancies The role of epigenetics in exposure-related malignancies (PDF: 22KB/1 page  
May. 2010 Mark Neuzil, Ph.D. How to Survive the 30-Second Soundbite How to Survive the 30-Second Soundbite, Abstract, (PDF: 27KB/1 page)  
Jan. 2010 Jon O'Neal, MD, MPH, FACOEM Causation Determination in Workers’ Compensation and Toxic Tort Cases Causation Determination in Workers' Compensation and Toxic Tort Cases, Abstract (PDF: 23KB/1 page) Causation Determination in Workers' Compensation and Toxic Tort Cases. O'Neal (article) (PDF 93KB/19 pages)
Oct. 2009 David Wallinga, M.D., M.P.A. Institute for Agriculture and Food Policy and
Kirk Smith, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Minnesota Department of Health 		Antibiotic Resistance and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds, October 7, 2009, Abstracts (PDF: 32KB/1 page

Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture IS Linked to Rising Resistance: What are the Policy Options? David Wallinga (PDF: 815KB/ 33pages)

Antimicrobial Resistance from Farm to Fork: Observations on the Impact of Antimicrobial Use in Animal Agriculture, Kirk Smith (PDF: 2,350KB/ 64pages)
Apr. 2009 Beth Baker, M.D., M.P.H. Specialists in OEM and Healthpartners
and Patricia McCann, M.S.,
Minnesota Department of Health 		Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure

Mercury: You are what you eat? Beth Baker (PDF: 242 KB/20 pages)

Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure Pat McCann (PDF: 2661KB/ 37pages)

Jan. 2009 David Roberts, M.D.
Hennepin Regional Poison Center		 Drugs and Liver Injury Liver Toxins, Abstract (PDF: 30KB/1 page) Drugs and Liver Injury (PDF: 1,560KB/66 pages)
Oct. 2008 Stacy Holzbauer, D.V.M., M.P.H.
Minnesota Department of Health		 An Epidemiologic Investigation of Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy, a Novel Neuropathy in Abattoir Workers Exposed to Swine Brain An Epidemiologic Investigation of Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy, a Novel
Neuropathy in Abattoir Workers Exposed to Swine Brain, Abstract (PDF: 24KB/1 page) 		Investigation into Risk Factors for Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy Among Swine Abattoir Workers in the United States (PDF: 462KB/53 pages)
Jun. 2008
W. Thomas Shier, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Mycotoxins that are Potential Environmental Exposure Risks for Minnesotans
Feb. 2008
David Roberts, M.D.
Hennepin Regional Poison Center
The Poison Center and MDH: A Toxic Relationship
Nov. 2007

Jeffrey H. Mandel, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Minnesota
Mesothelioma in Northeast Minnesota
Apr. 2007
John Butenhoff, Ph.D. Corporate Scientist in Toxicology, 3M
Toxicology of Perfluoroalkyl Acids
Toxicology of Perfluoroalkyl Acids, Abstract (PDF: 28KB/1 page)
Jan. 2007
Tannie Eshenaur, M.P.H.
Minnesota Dept. of Health
Risky Communications: The Hazards of Talking about Environmental Exposures
Risky Communications: The Hazards of Talking about Environmental Exposures, Abstract (PDF: 26KB/1 page)
Risky Communications: the Hazards of Talking about Environmental Exposures (PDF: 478KB/26 pages)

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Make a topic suggestion

Suggestions for topics are welcome. Please send your suggestions to health.hazard@state.mn.us.
Steering Committee:
Beth Baker, M.D.
Stacey Bangh, Pharm.D., DABAT
Carl Herbrandson, Ph.D.
William Toscano, Ph.D.

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Send a comment

Comments or questions? Please contact us at 651-201-4897 or health.hazard@state.mn.us.

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