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Tuesday, August 21

  •  7:00 -  8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
  •  8:00 -  8:15 Welcome and Introductions - Andrij Holian, Mike McGeehin
  •  8:15 -  8:30 Genesis of the IBSHE Conference - Mike McGeehin
  •  8:30 -  10:00 Session I: Types of Biomass Smoke and Comparison to Urban PM - Chair: Luke Naeher
    • Georgia Wildfires: Integrating State Public Health into Response - Betsy Kagey
    • The Chemistry of Fresh and Aging Biomass Burning Smoke -Bob Yokelson
    • Contribution of Smoke to Fine Particulate Matter: Development of Smoke Source Profiles and Routine Source Apportionment Tools - Bret Schichtel
    • Household Exposures in the Third World: Status of the Evidence and Current Research Needs - Kirk R. Smith
  • 10:00 - 10:15 Break
  • 10:15 - 11:30 Session II: Intervention Strategies - Chair: Tim Larsen
    • EPA's Wood Stove Changeout Program - Amanda Aldridge
    • Tracking Woodstove Changeout Efforts in Libby, MT and Nez Perce Reservation - Curtis Noonan
    • Woodstove Changeout Results of the Libby, Montana and Nez Perce In-Home PM2.5 Studies - Tony Ward
    • Evaluating the Exposure and Health Impacts of a Woodstove Changeout Program in British Columbia - Ryan Allen
  • 11:30 - 12:40 Session III: Health outcomes of air pollution: study design/lessons learned - Chair: Andrij Holian
    • Epidemiological evidence of PM-related health effects - C. Arden Pope
    • Estimation of health effects: Roles of exposure variation and study design - Lianne Sheppard
  • 12:40 -  2:00 Lunch
  •  2:00 -  3:15 Session IV: Health Outcomes of Biomass Smoke: Observational studies - Chair: Maria Morandi
    • Observational Evidence on Biomass Smoke Health Effects - Sverre Vedal
    • Impact Assessment of an Improved Stove Program in Michoacan, Mexico: The PATSARI Study - Isabelle Romieu
  •  3:15 -  3:30 Break
  •  3:30 -  5:00 Session IV (cont.): Health Outcomes of Biomass Smoke: Experimental Studies-Chair: Maria Morandi
    • Biomass Smoke Experimental Studies in Humans - John Balmes
    • Laboratory Studies of Inhaled Wood Smoke - Joe Mauderly
    • Using available evidence to reconsider 1-hour health advisories– Susan Stone
  •  5:00 -  5:30 Panel discussion (Morandi, Vedal, Romieu, Balmes, Mauderly, Stone)

Wednesday, August 22

  •  8:00 -  8:30 Hot Breakfast
  •  8:30 - 10:00 Session V: Biomarkers - Chair: Allison Stock
    • Biomonitoring Principles with Emphasis on Exposure to Biomass Products - Larry Needham
    • Application of Woodsmoke Exposure Biomarkers - Chris Simpson
    • Biomarkers in Exhaled Air - Silvia Carraro
  • 10:20 Assign Breakout Groups - Discuss Expectations of Breakout Groups
  • 10:20 - 12:00 Breakout Sessions
    1. Risk Assessment, Defining the Questions (Tony Ward, Maria Morandi)
    2. Biomarkers of Exposure (Luke Naeher, Chris Simpson)
    3. Toxicology and Animal Study Design (Chris Migliaccio, Joe Mauderly)
    4. Health Outcomes Measures/Study Design (John Balmes, Curtis Noonan)
    5. Communications Gaps (Scott Damon, John Schumpert, Shannon Therriault)
  • 12:00 -  1:00 Lunch
  •  1:00 -  2:15 Breakout Session Summary Reports
  •  2:15 -  2:40 Session VI: Research Support for Biomass Health Effect Studies - Chair: Mike McGeehin
    • Srikanth Nadadur
    • Allison Stock
    • Amanda Aldridge
  •  2:40 -  3:00 Session VII: Research Gaps, Future Directions
    • Andrij Holian
    • Paul Garbe
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