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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia

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Certification Maintenance Points from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Seminar Moderator
 Catherine Angotti, RD, LD

Director, Occupational Health, Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA
Course Director
 Wing T. Chan, PhD, SM

Senior Public Health Officer, Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA

Series 1 - Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Series 2 - Public Health Policies, ... in the United States
Series 3 - Public Health Policies, ... in Foreign Countries
Series 4 - Bioethics in the U.S. & Selected Countries
Series 5 - Health Surveillance/Maintenance ... Workplace
Series 6 - Emerging Diseases
Series 7 - Aging
Series 8 - Occupational/Environmental Health and Safety
Series 9 - Nuclear Terrorism

Session 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12

• • • Session 1 • • •
Workplace Health Surveillance / Maintenance in the United States | PDF File

Opening Remarks: M.D., M.S., Associate Administrator, Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA), NASA HQ

Seminar Introduction: Wing T. Chan, Ph.D., S.M.,
Sr. Public Health Officer, Office of Health Affairs, OLMSA/NASA HQ

  1. Federal Perspective
    • Michael J. Hodgson, M.D., M.P.H.,
      Sr. Scientist Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Washington Office

  2. Corporate Perspective
    • Benjamin Ramirez, M.D., M.P.H.,
      FACOEM Associate Medical Director, Du Pont Company, Wilmington, Delaware


    • Date: January 14, 2000 (Friday)
    • Time: 1100-1300
• • • Session 2 • • •
Overview of Workplace Health Surveillance / Maintenance and Other Specific Issues in Japan, Russia, and China
  1. Japan
    • Heihachiro Arito, Dr. Med. Sci.,
      Director, Div. of Hazard Assessment, National Institute of Industrial Health, Ministry of Labor, Japan

  2. Russia
    • BVladimir Subbotin, M.D.,
      Deputy Director, Institute for Medicine of Labour, Moscow, Russia
    • Albert Nechaev, Ph.D.,
      Chief Scientist, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia

  3. China
    • Jun -Yao Li, M.D.,
      Sr Scientist/Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China


    • Date: March 19, 1999 (Friday)
    • Time: 1030-1230
• • • Session 3 • • •
Overview of Workplace Health Surveillance / Maintenance and other Specific Issues in Canada, and France
  1. Canada
    • Robert F. Whiting, Ph.D.,
      Sr. Project Manager, Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  2. France
    • Michel Lavollay, M.D.,
      Counsel for Health Affairs, Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.


    • Date: April 8, 1999 (Thursday)
    • Time: 0930-1230

Series 5

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