The purposes of this SAMAB workshop are to 1) Initiate discussion on how environmental change may be impacting human health; 2) Present the Man and the Biosphere program as a mechanism for cooperation; and 3) Demonstrate SAA data-sets which pertain to human health.

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8:00 a.m.

• Welcome and Introductions
  • Phillip Gibson, SAMAB
  • Kieran Fogarty, University ofArkansas for Medical Sciences, Regional Medical Programs, Area Health Education Center-Northwest
  
  

• Purpose of Workshop
  • Phillip Gibson, Environmental Planner, SAMAB

• The U.S. Man and Biosphere (MAB) Program
  • Dean Bibles, Chair, US MAB

8:45 - 9:00

• Description of the Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere (SAMAB) Program
  • Hubert Hinote, Executive Director, SAMAB

9:00 - 9:45

• NIH involvement in the U.S. MAB Program,
  • Dr. Gordon Cragg, National Institutes of Health, Chief, Natural Products Branch; U.S. MAB National Committee Representative

• Integration of Natural Resource and Human Health Monitoring
  • Dr. Paul Epstein, Harvard Medical School

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:00

• The Research Association of Medical and Biological Organizations (RAMBO) -- New Mexico Public Health -- Existing cooperation with Long - Term Ecological Research (LTER) for studies on Hantavirus
  
  • Dr. Gary Simpson, New Mexico Division of Public Health
  • Dr. Terry Yates, Chairman of the Department of Biology at U of New Mexico

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:45

• Center for Disease Control representative
  • Dr. Chet Moore, Division of Vector-Borne & Infectious Diseases, Ft. Collins, CO

1:45 -- 2:15

• State/Regional Perspective
  • Dr. Paul Erwin, State of Tennessee Department of Health East Tennessee Regional Health Director

2:30 - 3:30

• Demonstration of the Southern Appalachian Assessment
  • Dr. Cory Berish, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA
  • Rick Dubrow, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA
  • Dr. Karl Hermann, Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO

3:30 - 4:30

• Facilitated discussion; Identify priority issues
  • Patrick Bohan, Center for Disease Control, National Center for Environmental Health

6-8? Gather at Great Southern Brewing Company

8-12? p.m. Roundtable discussion: Identify key issues to be addressed; formulate future objectives.

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