For physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses in pediatric and family practices.

Saturday, November 18, 2006
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
University of Minnesota
300 West Bank Office Building, Room 142
1300 S 2nd St, Minneapolis
(Driving directions)

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This training is FREE, supported by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. This half-day training will:

• Introduce participants to the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit, a new clinical resource
• Provide clinicians with convenient "house officer" pocket references and guidance cards
• Include attractive patient education materials, including "Prescription for Prevention" slips and magnets. For more information on the Toolkit, please visit www.igc.org/psr.

REGISTRATION: Space is limited, so register soon to save your spot. Please only register if you are certain you can attend. Attendees will commit to training several colleagues and using the Toolkit in their practices for 3 mos.

To register for the training, please send an email to Kathleen Schuler, with the following information: Name, specialty, address, email and telephone number.

ABOUT THE TRAINING: Focuses on the relationship between environmental exposures and children’s health and clinical use of the Toolkit. Sessions presented by physician experts in environmental health include:

• The identification of routes of exposure to common toxic chemicals and substances including metals (mercury, lead, arsenic), solvents, pesticides, and persistent organic compounds such as PCBs.;
• Links between these toxic chemicals and health effects;
• Anticipatory guidance keyed to well-child visits;
• Patient communications on environmental health issues;
• Key concepts on the unique vulnerabilities of children, susceptible populations, the “built” and “food” environments, and other important issues.

FACULTY BIOS

Mark Miller, MD, MPH is Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at University of California-San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital. He is Co-Chair of California Chapter 1, American Academy of Pediatrics Environmental Health Committee, and a former member of the Academy’s National Committee on Environmental Health. Dr. Miller has served on advisory committees and expert panels in the area of pediatric environmental health for the state of California and federal agencies, including “Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction” Expert Panel on Methanol, and the USEPA/USDA Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Committee. He has written on pediatric environmental health issues for such publications as the Child Health Manual for Migrant Clinicians and the Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. He holds a MPH in environmental health sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.

David Wallinga, MD, MPA is Director of the Food and Health Program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Dr. Wallinga's expertise includes the health impacts of industrialized food production, including the overuse of antibiotics in livestock. He is a leading authority on the health impacts of environmental pollutants-including food borne pollutants-on the developing brains and other organs in fetuses and children. He co-authored In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, and authored Putting Children First: Making Pesticide Levels in Food Safer for Infants and Children. Prior to joining IATP in 2000, Dr. Wallinga worked in the Public Health Program of the Natural Resource Defense Council in Washington, D.C. He received a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a Masters from Princeton University. Dr. Wallinga currently serves on a committee of the EPA's Science Advisory Board concerning human exposures.

Michelle Gottlieb, MEM, is the Co-Executive Director for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, is a consultant in environmental health to other organizations, and specializes in children's health, women's health and reproductive health. She initiated a new program on health, environment and development at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., where she authored articles on breast cancer and environment, reproductive health, and China's health and environment. Her experience in women's health issues includes working with the deputy assistant secretary for Women’s Health in the DHHS Office on Women's Health to initiate the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women's Health and the Environment; the National Cancer Institute on environmental factors potentially linked to breast cancer; and the Women's Environment and Development Organization on international women's environmental issues. Michelle holds a Master's degree from Yale University where she focused on environmental health policy.

Kathleen Schuler, MPH is an Environmental Scientist with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Ms. Schuler's focus is on protecting children, among other vulnerable populations, from environmental toxins in food. She has developed a Smart Fish Guide and online fish calculator to educate parents and women of childbearing age about eating safer fish and seafood lower in mercury and PCBs. She has served as the project coordinator for Reducing Pesticides in Minnesota Schools Pilot Project. Ms. Schuler has a master of public health degree from the University of Minnesota. As a Bush Leadership Fellow in environmental health, she also studied at Boston University and interned with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. Ms. Schuler is an active member of both the Minnesota and American Public Health Associations.