An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies (2020)
Chapter: Appendix B: Meeting Agendas
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"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25889.
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Meeting Agendas
First Meeting of the Standing Committee to Advise the Department of State on Unexplained Health Effects on U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies
December 18, 2019
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Lecture Room
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
DATA-GATHERING SESSION
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Greetings from Sponsor and Charge to Committee |
| Mark Cohen, Medical Director, Department of State | |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Presentations on Medical Investigations |
| Moderator –David Relman, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University | |
| Acute Presentation of an Acquired Neurosensory Syndrome | |
| Michael Hoffer, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami | |
| Carey Balaban, Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | |
| What Underlies Havana Syndrome | |
| Douglas Smith, Robert A. Groff Endowed Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, and Director of University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair | |
| Multimodel Neuroimaging Reveals Neurotoxins as a Likely Underlying Cause of Illness Among Canadian Diplomats | |
| Alon Friedman, Professor of Neuroscience and Dennis Chair in Epilepsy Research, Dalhousie University | |
| 12:45 p.m. | ADJOURN |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25889.
Second Meeting of the Standing Committee to Advise the Department of State on Unexplained Health Effects on U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies
February 24-25, 2020
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Lecture Room
Monday, February 24, 2020
| Session III—Epidemiologic Investigations | |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Recommended Epidemiologic Investigations for Future Incidents |
| Caroline Buckee, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | |
| Session IV—Possible Mechanisms of Injury—Radio Frequency Energy | |
| 3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Moderators |
| Jeffrey Palmer, Group Leader, Human Health and Performance Systems Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory | |
| David Whelan, Professor of Practice, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego | |
| Neurologic Illness and Pulsed Radio Frequency/Microwave Radiation | |
| Beatrice Golomb, Professor in Residence, Medicine, University of California, San Diego [via Zoom conference call] | |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Committee Q&A |
| 6:00 p.m. | ADJOURN |
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
| Session IV Continued—Possible Mechanisms of Injury—Radio Frequency Energy | |
| 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Moderators |
| Jeffrey Palmer, Group Leader, Human Health and Performance Systems Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory | |
| David Whelan, Professor of Practice, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego | |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25889.
| Correlation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Biological Effects of Weak Electromagnetic Fields | |
| Frank Barnes, Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), Optics, Nanostructures and Bioengineering, University of Colorado | |
| Multi-disciplinary Analysis of Microwave Induced Sound and Pressure in Human Heads | |
| James Lin, Professor (Emeritus), Head of the Bioengineering Department, Director of the Robotics and Automation Laboratory, and Director of Special Projects in the College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| Potential Adverse Effects Following Directed Energy Exposure | |
| Stephanie Miller, Bennett Ibey, and Jason Payne, Air Force Research Laboratory | |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
| Session V—Possible Mechanisms of Injury—Chemicals and Toxicants | |
| Moderator | |
| Linda Birnbaum, Former Director, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences | |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Department of State’s Overseas Integrated Pest Management Program |
| Claire Huson, Director, Policy, and Special Studies, Department of State’s Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management | |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Neurotoxic Agents and Routes of Exposure |
| Pamela Lein, Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis | |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | How to Make a Toxicological Diagnosis |
| Marion Ehrich, Professor, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine | |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Organophosphate Intoxication |
| Nick Buckley, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Sydney Medical School, Australia [via Zoom conference call] | |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Committee Q&A |
| 4:15 p.m. | ADJOURN |
Third Meeting of the Standing Committee to Advise the Department of State on Unexplained Health Effects on U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25889.
May 12, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING (ZOOM)
DATA-GATHERING SESSION – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Preparation for Medical Emergencies |
| Aubrey Miller, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Chief Medical Officer and the Head of the National Institutes of Health Disaster Research Response Effort | |
| Rehabilitation Approach Should Similar Unexplained Health Effects Occur | |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. | Introduction |
| Michael Boninger, Professor and Endowed Vice Chair for Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | |
| 3:35 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Brain Injury Rehabilitation |
| Ross Zafonte, Earle P. and Ida S. Charlton Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School | |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. | Vestibular Rehabilitation |
| Susan Whitney, Professor, Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh | |
| 4:25 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | Cognitive Rehabilitation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies |
| Douglas B. Cooper, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health–San Antonio | |
| 4:50 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Discussion with Committee |
| 5:30 p.m. | ADJOURN |
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