June 10, 2014 Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda
Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Program
1:00 – 4:00 pm, American Lung Association, 490 Concordia Ave, St. Paul
Time
1:00
Agenda Items
Welcome & Introductions
Presenters
Patricia McGovern, Chair
Description/expected outcome
Panel members & audience are
invited to introduce themselves.
1:05
Sustaining Minnesota
Biomonitoring: Workgroup
Progress Report
Kristin Van Amber,
Senior Management
Consultant, Management
Analysis Division,
Minnesota Management
& Budget
Discussion item: Kristin will report on
the Sustaining MN Biomonitoring
Workgroup meetings. Panel members
are invited to comment on the
funding strategies proposed.
1:15
Discussion
1:25
MN FEET Protocol Review
1:40
Discussion
1:55
Biomonitoring Updates
 Lab Update
 East Metro PFC3
Biomonitoring
 East Metro Cancer
Report Update
 Mercury Updates
Questions to the panel:
 What advice would you give the
workgroup as they set out to
develop an action plan?
 Are there other sources of
funding not listed here that they
should consider?
Jessica Nelson
Discussion item: Jessica will review
progress on the MN Family
Environmental Exposure Tracking
(MN FEET) protocol development.
Questions to the panel:
 Do you agree with our proposed
plan for recruitment, consent,
and data collection?
 Do you have advice on the key
questions posed in Figure 1? Are
there other questions we should
be asking?
 Does the data analysis plan seem
reasonable given the study
design?
Paul Moyer,
Environmental Manager,
Public Health Laboratory,
Christina Rosebush
Information Item: Paul will give an
update on the MDH lab; Christina will
give a brief update on the PFC3
project. Panel members are invited to
ask questions and comment on all
updates.
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Time
2:15
2:30
Agenda Items
Refreshments
MN Tracking report: The
Economic Burden of the
Environment on Childhood
Disease in Minnesota
Presenters
Description/expected outcome
Jean Johnson
Discussion item: Jean will present a
brief overview of the report purpose,
findings, and limitations.
2:45
Discussion
3:05
Environmental Justice in
Minnesota: MPCA’s
Approach
3:20
Discussion
Questions for the panel:
 How can the MN Tracking
program best support the MPCA’s
work?
 What data would be beneficial
for informing the screening
process and the evaluation of
outcomes that is planned?
3:45
Tracking Updates
 CDC Renewal
Application
 Portal Updates
 New HIA Toolkit
 Health and
Climate Video
 Urban Air and
Health Project
Information Item: Tracking updates
have been provided in report form.
Panel members are invited to ask
questions or comment on updates.
3:50
3:55
4:00
New Business
Audience Questions
Motion to adjourn
Questions for the panel:
 Given the limitations, what is the
primary value of this report? How
well does it serve its intended
purpose?
 Should this report be updated or
modified in the future to add
other diseases or conditions? If
so, what changes are needed?
Ned Brooks,
Environmental Justice
Coordinator, MPCA
Discussion item: Ned Brooks will give
an overview of a new Environmental
Justice initiative at the MPCA.
Note to audience: The panel asks that audience members hold comments and questions on discussion
items until the end of the meeting, 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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