ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING AND BIOMONITORING ADVISORY
PANEL
MEETING AGENDA
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Time
Agenda item
Presenters
Description/anticipated outcome
1:00
Welcome and
introductions
Bruce Alexander, PhD
Chair
Members and audience members are
invited to introduce themselves.
1:05
EHTB program and
legislation update
Jean Johnson, PhD
Program director
Jean will review new legislative direction
and work priorities for the state-funded
EHTB program for the 2012-13
biennium.
1:15
East metro PFC
follow-up study:
preliminary results
and analysis
Jessica Nelson, PhD
Carin Huset, PhD
Discussion item
Staff will review preliminary findings of
the follow-up investigation of changes in
PFC serum levels in the East Metro PFC
pilot project participants.
Panel members are invited to ask
questions and make recommendations
for next steps.
2:10
2:20
Biomonitoring
Status Updates
Information sharing
Break
Refreshments and Poster Viewing
Updates are provided on these
Biomonitoring topics in the panel
meeting materials. No presentation is
planned. Panel members are invited to
ask questions about any of these topics.
MDH-EHTB staff share work recently
presented at national meetings.
2:45
Tracking status
updates
Information sharing
Updates are provided on these Tracking
topics in the panel meeting materials.
No presentation is planned. Panel
members are invited to ask questions
about any of these topics.
2:50
Data portal
demonstration
Eric Hanson, MS
Information sharing
Demonstration of new interactive maps
on the Minnesota Public Health Data
Access portal.
3:25
Biomonitoring
strategic planning
Barbara Scott
Murdock, MA, MPH
Discussion item
Staff will summarize results of the spring
2011 stakeholder interviews for planning
the targeted population exposure
tracking approach.
Panel members are invited to ask
questions, provide input and make
recommendations for next steps.
3:55
New business
Bruce Alexander, PhD
The chair will invite panel members to
suggest topics for future meetings.
4:00
Adjourn
Bruce Alexander, PhD
The chair will ask for a motion to
adjourn.
Next meeting:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 1-4 p.m. Red River Room, Snelling Office Park