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Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches
Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches
Pages 127-140
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Some of his research projects have included evaluating methods that might help to reduce lead poisoning in the home, outcomes of long-term exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants, and a controlled trial to test an allergen reduction intervention in inner-city residences.
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Dr. Birnbaum started her federal career with 10 years at the NIEHS, first as a senior staff fellow at the National Toxicology Program, then as a principal investigator and research microbiologist, and finally as a group leader for the Institute's Chemical Disposition Group.
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He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and spent 6 years in a variety of roles, with the infantry in Northern Ireland and London, Army hospitals in Hong Kong and London, and finally a mobile armored field unit in the West of England. He completed training in family medicine before leaving the Army to train in occupational medicine at British Steel in South Wales.
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as a hydrologist in the Virginia Water Science Center. He served as the program coordinator for the USGS/National Park Service Water Quality Partnership for several years and is presently the associate coordinator for the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program in the Energy, Minerals, and Environmental Health Mission Areas.
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She led public health efforts to respond to emergencies such as earthquakes and unintentional releases of pesticides in communities. She conducted public health investigations on pesticides, childhood lead poisoning, and other environmental hazards.
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Gray served as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Research and Development and as the agency science advisor, promoting scientific excellence in EPA research, advocating for the continuing evolution of the agency's approach to analysis, and encouraging programs that provide academic research to support EPA's mission. His areas of focus included nanotechnology, ecosystem research, the influence of toxicology advances on testing and risk assessment, and sustainability.
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Dr. Honeycutt serves as a technical resource for TCEQ management and staff on issues concerning air and water quality, drinking water contamination, and soil contamination.
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from UC San Francisco. Robert Jackson, Ph.D., M.S., is the Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change and a professor in the Biology Department and Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University.
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She is a sought-after speaker and has been featured in national publications and broadcasts including Time, Business Week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, National Public Radio, and the Weather Channel.
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In that position, he was the chief architect of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, the historic initiative to compensate nuclear weapons workers who contracted occupational illnesses as a result of exposure to radiation, beryllium, and other hazards. The program has provided more than $6 billion in payments to sick workers and the families of deceased workers.
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She has worked in the Offices of Research and Development, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, and Water. As interim national program director for Safe and Sustainable Water Resources, she led the realignment of the former drinking water and water quality research programs to form a holistic research program that maximizes responsiveness to the rapidly changing needs of the agency's water program, regional offices, and other critical water resource partners and stakeholders.
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He has contributed to the development of cancer risk assessment guidelines for national and international agencies and has either directed or contributed significantly to numerous risk assessments.
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Aaron Wernham, M.D., is the director of the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) and support the growth of the field in the United States.
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Board certified in family medicine, he previously served as clinical faculty in the UC Davis family medicine residency program at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. Roxana Zulauf Witter, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S., is an assistant research professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.
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