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Calendar of Events 2009:


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Dr. Bob Bowen
"The Ocean and Human Health:
Social Dynamics and Human Well Being"

University of Massachusetts Boston

RSMAS SLAB Seminar Room #103 		Jan 23, 2009 10:30-11:30am
MBF Faculty Seminar Series
Dr. Michael Depledge
"Not to mention marine ecotoxicology!"

Peninsula Medical School

RSMAS SLAB Seminar Room		 Jan 23, 2009 12:00-1:00pm
UM OHHC Participation: Dr. Lora Fleming

Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Seafood Safety workshop

St. Augustine, Florida
Jan 28-29, 2009  
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National HAB subcommittee on Education and Outreach Meeting

UM OHHC Participation: Lora Fleming

Feb 2, 2009  
Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Pathogen Workshops Threesome

Invited UM OHHC Speaker: Chris Sinigalliano
Abstract Title: "New Indicators/Pathogens"

Sirata Beach, Florida
Feb 10-13, 2009  
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
February 12 - 16, 2009

UM OHHC Invited Speaker: Dr. Lisa Plano

Session: Fighting the Rising Tide of Antibiotic Resistance: Causes and Cures in the Sea

Title: MRSA's Silent Threat: What happens at the beach doesn't always stay at the beach

Chicago, Illinois		 Feb 13, 2009 3:30-5:00pm

2nd Annual 2009 Exploring Marine Science for 6-7th grade girls

UM OHHC Participation: Lora Fleming

"Asthma and Florida Red Tide"

UM RSMAS Campus

 Feb 28, 2009 1:15-2:00
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UM OHHC IAC Mtg

Oceans and Human Health Office EG 211

UM OHHC Participation: Lora Fleming

"Asthma and Florida Red Tide"

UM RSMAS Campus

 Apr 1, 2009 12:00-2:00

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Milstein Science Symposium

"Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Health and Environment"


April 2-3, 2009

American Museum of Natural History

New York City, NY

Invited Panel Member: Lora E Fleming

SESSION III: DECISION MAKING AND TRADE-OFFS FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

PANEL DISCUSSION: DECISION-MAKING

 Apr. 2  

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Milstein Science Symposium

"Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Health and Environment"


April 2-3, 2009

American Museum of Natural History

New York City, NY

Invited Panel Member: Lora E Fleming

SESSION V: CLOSING DATA GAPS, FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS, AND INTEGRATING DISCIPLINES

TALK TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN HEALTH AND THE OCEANS

 Apr 3, 2009  

Functional Genomics of Karenia brevis: Insights into Molecular Processes Regulating Florida Red Tides

Frances M Van Dolah

Abstract

NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental
Health and Biomolecular Resesarch

Florida International University, PCA 150
Apr. 17 11:00-12:00

U.S. EPA's National Beach Conference
Huntington Beach, California
April 20 - 22, 2009




  • UM OHH Invited Center Poster Presentation by Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele

    Tittle: "Health Effect Associations of Recreational Water Exposure and Alternative Fecal Indicator Bacteria Measurements at a Non-Point-Source Subtropical Marine Beach"

    

OHHI AP Meeting

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

April 23 - 24, 2009


Invited UM OHHC Participation: Lora E. Fleming

    
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American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 17 - 21, 2009

UM OHHC Participation:
Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele,
Dr. Christopher Sinigalliano,
Dr. Maribeth Gidley,
Dr. Tomoyuki Shibata,
Diana Aranda



 May 17-21, 2009  
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UM NSF NIEHS OHHC
Internal Advisory Committee Meeting

UM RSMAS Library Map & Chart Room


 June 12, 2009 1:00 – 3:00pm

Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins

Invited Lecturer: Kathleen Rein, PhD (FIU)
 "Identification and toxicology of human metabolites of algal hepatoxins"

Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH

June 21-26, 2009

   
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NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative
Principal Investigators Meeting
 Seattle, WA
October 6 - 8, 2009


Poster 1
 Preliminary Assessment and Methods Comparison for Relative Abundance of Fecal Indicator Bacteria at a South Florida Recreational Beach
Presented by Maribeth Gidley
Authors M. Gidley, D. Wanless, T. Shibata, M. Wright, J. Kish, S. Elmir, A. Abdelzher, K. Goodwin, H. Solo-Gabriele, L. Fleming, C. Sinigalliano.


Poster 2
 Assessing Temporal and Spatial Variability of Culturable Enterococci Fecal Indicator Bacteria at a Marine Subtropical Beach
Presented by Chris Sinigalliano
AuthorsDiana I. Aranda, Julia Capri, Richard Zepp, Emily White, Maribeth Gidley, Chris Sinigaliano.


Poster 3
 Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in recreational marine waters and on the beaches of South Florida
Lead Author Lisa Plano
Presenting Author Maribeth Gidley
Authors Lisa R W Plano, A. C. Garza, H. M. Solo-Gabriele, C. Ortega, C. Sinigalliano, L. E. Fleming, J. Kish, S. Elmir, J. Wang, K. Withum, T. Shibata, M. Gidley, A. Abdelzaher, G He, M. Wright, J. Hollenbeck and J. M Fleisher.


    

MBF Faculty Seminar Series

Gerardo "Pasky" Pascual, PhD
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Director for the EPA's Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling

"Evidence-based decisions for the wiki world"

RSMAS SLAB Seminar Room

Oct. 23 12:00-1:00pm

2009 National Environmental Public Health
Conference-Healthy People in a Healthy Environment
Atlanta, GA
October 26 - 28, 2009

Oral Presentation by: Dr. Lora Fleming
Abstract Title:
BEACHES Study: Health Effects and Exposures from Non-point Source

    
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) 2009 Meeting

OHH Session
 Portland, OR
November 1 - 5, 2009
   

Sixth International Conference on BMAA

UM OHHC Participation: Drs. Lora Fleming, Sharon Smith, Larry Brand

Miami, Florida, USA
November 1–6, 2009

    

BMAA Symposium

Introduction by: RSMAS Dean Roni Avissar & Miller School Dean Pascal Goldschmidt

Lecturers:
  Dr. Paul Cox
BMAA and the Brain: An Introduction

  Dr. Deborah Mash
Human Brain Evidence Links Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA To Neurodegenerative Disease

  Dr. Larry Brand
Cyanobacteria blooms and BMAA in aquatic food webs in South Florida


Reception to follow
University of Miami RSMAS Auditorium and SLAB Breezeway


 Nov. 4  
APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition
137th Annual Meeting & Exposition
Philadelphia, PA
November 7-11, 2009


Oral Presentation by Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD
Exposure and Effect Assessment of Aerosolized Red Tide Toxins (Brevetoxins) and Asthma

Oral Presentation by Jay M. Fleisher, PhD
BEACHES Study: Health Effects and Exposures from Non-point Source Microbial Contaminants in Subtropical Recreational Marine Waters

Oral Presentation by Samir Elmir, PhD PE
Quantitative Evaluation of Enterococci and Bacteroides Released by Adults and Toddlers in Marine Water

Nov. 10




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Fifth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S.

UM OHHC Participation: Dr. Lora Fleming, Dr. Jay Fleisher, Josephina Olascoaga, Julie Hollenbeck

Ocean Shores, WA

November 16-20, 2009
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Palm Beach County Health Department
 Preventive Medicine Resident Lecture Series

IUM OHHC Invited Lecturer: Lora Fleming, MD PhD

"The National Health Interview Survey"

West Palm Beach, FL
December 15, 2009
 Dec 15 12:00-2:00pm
* Note: NOAA OHHI events subject to change.