Second Center for Environmental Health Sciences Scientific Conference “Directions and Needs In Asbestos Research-
New Insights”
July 28-29, 2005
The University of Montana
For more information:
elizabeth.putnam@umontana.edu
Phone (406)-243-4794
Asbestos-related lung disease (ARD), including fibrosis, pleural plaques and cancer, continues to be a serious and significant problem despite increasing awareness of the health hazards of asbestos inhalation. Because of the complexity of asbestos exposures and health effects, it is essential that investigators from diverse fields work together closely to establish ongoing dialog regarding approachers to asbestos-related research.
A meeting entitled "Directions and Needs in Asbestos Research Conference -- New Insights" is scheduled to be held July 28 and 29, 2005 at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, by the Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS). The conference is a follow-up to one hosted by the CEHS in June, 2002, and continues to take advantage of opportunities to work with a unique population in Libby, MT, where significant asbestos exposures have occurred due to the mining of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite. More information on speakers and registration.
The UM Center for Environmental Health Sciences is an NIH COBRE-funded biomedical research and training facility, established in 2000 in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences within the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences. The Center's mission is to improve public health through research and dissemination of information on human diseases that are caused or impacted by toxic agents in the environment.