Children's
Environmental
Health
Seminar
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The 2nd Annual Children's Environmental Health Seminar was held on October 11th, 2007.
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The Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition at SDSU presented this free and open event to the public on Thursday, October 11th, 2007 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm in SDSU's Student Union in Brookings, SD.
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Speakers at the 2007 CEH Seminar included:
Bonny Specker, PhD
Dr. Bonny Specker is currently the Director and Chair of the Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition at South Dakota State University. Her research interests include the role of calcium in modifying bone response to physical activity in children and factors affecting longitudinal changes in bone mass and body composition throughout life. Dr. Specker presented "The National Children's Study: Overview and Current Status".
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Kimberly Yolton, PhD
Dr. Yolton is a developmental psychologist whose research interest is in the area of toxicant exposures and effects on development and behavior in infancy and childhood. She is particularly interested in neurobehavior in the newborn period through early childhood. Dr Yolton talk was on
"Newborn Neurobehavioral Assessment".
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Bruce P. Lanphear, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Lanphear is the Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health and Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Lanphear is currently principal investigator for a study examining fetal and early childhood exposures to prevalent environmental neurotoxins including lead, pesticides, mercury, alcohol, PCB's and environmental tobacco smoke. Dr. Lanphear's talk was "The Lingering Legacy of Lead Toxicity".
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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH
Dr. Kahn is a general pediatrician and child health researcher currently working as an Associate Professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His work has focused on the intersection of poverty, women's health and child health. Dr. Kahn's lecture was "Mapping Tragedy and Injustice in Child Health Outcomes".
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1st Annual Children's Environmental Health Seminar
July 12, 2006
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The Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition at SDSU presented this free public event, sponsored by the National Children's Study and co-sponsored by the Brookings Health System and the EAM Program, on Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 from 8am - 5pm in SDSU's Student Union, Brookings, SD.
Presenters included collaborators from Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center (CCHMC) and the University of Cincinnati (UC), as well as representatives from the SD Department of Health, the MN Department of Health, EPA, SD's Department of Natural Resources and SD's Agronomy Services Department.
Approximately 75 medical staff, community representatives, and other various community members attended this well received seminar. Invited speakers offered fascinating presentations and generated excitement about the environmental health issues to be addressed by the National Children's Study research.
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Bonny Specker |
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Alicia Aalto |
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Bruce Lanphear |
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SPEAKERS
University of Cincinnati (UC):
Kim Dietrich, PhD Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Grace LeMasters, PhD Professor of Epidemiology
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Cincinnati collaborators on the
National Children's Study
Left to Right: Grace LeMasters, Rob Kahn, Kimberly Yolton, Heidi Kalkwarf, Bruce Lanphear, Kim Dietrich |
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital & Medical Center (CCHMC):
Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Environmental Health Center
Robert Kahn, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD, RD Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Kimberly Yolton, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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South Dakota State University (SDSU):
Mike Wimberly, PhD GIS Center of Excellence (2nd day of informal lectures)
Ann Wilson, PhD Human Development
Delvin DeBoer, PhD Professor of Engineering (2nd day of informal lectures)
Don Evenson, PhD Professor, Biology & Mircobiology (2nd day of informal lectures)
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Other:
Myron Falken, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, MN Department of Health
Brad Berven, Director of the Office of Agronomy Services- Pierre, SD
Kristin Biskeborn, MPH, RD, LN State Nutritionist, SD Department of Health
Alicia Aalto, EPA, Region 8 Children's Environmental Health Coordinator
Mark Mayer, Administrator, Drinking Water Program, DENR- Pierre, SD
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Left: Audience members from EAM: Lacey Arneson, Jami Petersek, and Christy Wey
Right: "Crowd Controllers", Tianna Beare and Joy Fisk |
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In November of 2005, South Dakota State University (SDSU) was named to lead the National Children’s Study (NCS) site located in Brookings Co., SD, and 3 counties in MN: Yellow Medicine, Pipestone and Lincoln (i.e., BYPL site). The Children's Health Act of 2000 authorized the NCS, which plans to examine the long-term effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the US (105 sites) following them from before birth until age 21. Environment is broadly defined to include: natural and man-made environments, biological, chemical, physical and social factors, behavior, genetics, culture, family and geographic location. The NCS will form the basis of future child health guidance, interventions and policy.
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