Environmental Health Tracking & Biomonitoring Program
Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda, March 12, 2013
Time
Agenda Item
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
1:00
Welcome & Introductions
Bruce Alexander,
chair
Panel members & audience are invited
to introduce themselves
1:05
Legislative Update,
Legislative Initiative
Aggie Leitheiser, Information item. Panel members are
Assistant
invited to ask questions.
Commissioner;
Shannon
Lotthammer,
Division Director,
MPCA Envl.
Analysis &
Outcomes
1:15
Air Quality, Health, &
Traffic
Paula Lindgren,
Greg Pratt
1:40
Discussion
2:00
Population Characteristics
• Poverty
• Income
• Health insurance
2:10
Discussion
2:25
Refreshments
Discussion item. Using data from the MN
Dept. of Transportation and the
Rochester Epidemiology Project, Paula
and Greg will discuss an MDH-EPA study
measuring associations of traffic
exposure and asthma exacerbations in
Olmsted county.
Question for the panel:
• Can the panel suggest how EPHT
might further develop and pilot
measures of population exposure to
traffic for local area analyses and
health impact assessment?
Blair Sevcik
Discussion Item. Using data from the US
Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates, Blair will explore the
MN data and demonstrate side-by-side
comparison maps for such indicators as
lead or asthma.
Questions for panel:
• What other measures might EPHT
link to poverty on the portal?
• What other measures of population
characteristics would be useful
indicators for Minnesota?
2:35
Tracking Updates:
• CDC Tracking data
use projects
• Web page update
• Melanoma
success story
• Joint COPD
Report
Jean Johnson
Chuck Stroebel
Information item. Jean and Chuck will
provide brief updates. Panel members
are invited to ask questions and
comment about updates provided in the
meeting materials.
2:50
The East Metro PFC
Follow-up Study: Results
from Survey Data Analysis
Jessica Nelson,
Christy Rosebush
Discussion item. Staff will describe the
results of preliminary analysis of
participant questionnaire data.
3:05
Discussion
3:25
Biomonitoring Updates:
• Pregnancy &
Newborns Exposure
• Fond du Lac (GLRI)
Jessica Nelson
No presentation. Panel members are
invited to ask questions about updates
in the meeting materials.
3:30
Protocol for National
Children’s Study
collaboration
Jessica Nelson
Information item. Panel members are
invited to ask questions and comment
on the proposed study protocol.
3:50
New business
Bruce Alexander
3:55
Audience questions
Bruce Alexander
4:00
Motion to adjourn
Bruce Alexander
Questions for panel
• Would the panel recommend a
combined variable using years of
drinking unfiltered water and
current tap water consumption (as a
surrogate for past consumption)?
• Do panel members recommend
additional phase 2 analyses?
• How should MDH staff interpret
these results for participants and the
community?
Note to audience: The panel asks that audience members hold comments and questions on
discussion items until the end of the panel’s discussion, when the chair will invite questions
from the audience. Audience members are asked to identify themselves when they speak, and
to please record their names and affiliations on the list at the sign-in table. Meetings are
recorded on audiotape.
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