Symposium Agenda
Military Depleted Uranium: Science, Policy and Politics

Symposium sponsored by
The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), at the Uniformed Services University

Venue Conference Room, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, located on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland

Contact
Symposium chair, Dr. Alexandra C. Miller (millera@afrri.usuhs.mil or 301-295-9232), or symposium officer-in-charge, LT Matthew W. DeShazo (deshazo@afrri.usuhs.mil or 301-295-1953).

November 4, 2010

TIME

EVENT

0800

Opening Remarks
Mark A. Melanson, PhD, COL, MSC, USA
Director, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland
Alexandra C. Miller, PhD, Senior Scientist
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland

0810

History of DU Research at AFRRI—An Overview
John F. Kalinich, PhD, Research Microbiologist
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland

0830

Comprehensive Review of DU In Vitro Studies, Part I
Alexandra C. Miller, PhD, Senior Scientist
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland

0915

Break

0930

Comprehensive Review of DU In Vivo Studies, Part II
Alexandra C. Miller, PhD, Senior Scientist
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland

1030

Long-Term Kidney Effects of DU Embedded Fragments
John F. Kalinich, PhD, Research Microbiologist
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland

1100

Army Soldier Exposure to Depleted Uranium and Human Health Risk Assessment Methodology: Update-2010
David P. Alberth
Senior Health Physicist
Frances Szrom, CHP
Health Physicist
U.S. Army Institute of Public Health (USAPH) in Aberdeen, Maryland

1130

Lunch

1300

Depleted Uranium (DU) Follow-Up Program Update
Melissa McDiarmid, MD, MPH, DABT
Kathy Squibb, PhD
VA Maryland Health Care System
University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland

1400

DU Bioassay Methods
José A. Centeno, PhD
U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington. D.C.

1430

Perspectives on Heavy Metal Research
Max Costa, PhD
New York University School of Medicine in New York, New York

1515

Break

1530

The International Science and Politics of Depleted Uranium
COL Mark A. Melanson, PhD, CHP, Director, AFRRI

1630

Open discussion

1730

Adjourn

Contact symposium chairman, Dr. Alexandra C. Miller (millera@afrri.usuhs.mil or 301-295-9232), or symposium officer-in-charge, LT Matthew W. DeShazo (deshazo@afrri.usuhs.mil or 301-295-1953), to learn more about the events.

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