Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes-Meeting Agenda
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Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Meeting Agenda
Cambridge, MA
Monday, July 16, 2001
Welcome and Introductions
Marie McCormick, MD, ScD
Chair, Immunization Safety Review Committee
Audio
Risk Assessment of Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines
Leslie K. Ball, MD
Division of Vaccines and Related Product Applications
Office of Vaccines Research and Review
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
Audio
History of Thimerosal Concern and Comparative Policy Actions
Gary L. Freed, MD
The Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health Delivery
Director, Division of General Pediatrics
Professor of Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan
Audio
Margie Andreae, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Services
Division of General Pediatrics
University of Michigan
(Slides are unavailable)
Audio
Biologic Plausibility and Planned Research
Jane M. El-Dahr, MD
Head, Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Audio
David S. Baskin, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Audio
The Role of Heavy Metals in Autism
Jeffrey Bradstreet, MD
Director of Research
The International Autism Research Center
Audio
Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Hair Mercury Levels from Thimerosal
David Brown, ScD
Toxicologist and Independent Consultant
Connecticut
Audio
Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Screening Study and Follow-up Analysis with Harvard Pilgrim Data
Thomas Verstraeten, MD, MSc
EIS Officer, National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Audio
Protocol for National Immunization Program Study on Thimerosal
Paul Stehr-Green, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Washington School of Community Medicine and Public Health
Audio
William Thompson, PhD (for Q&A period only)
Epidemiologist, National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Seychelles Islands Study
Gary Myers, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Audio
Faroe Islands Study
Philippe Grandjean, MD, DMSc
Institute of Community Health
Odense University, Denmark
(Slides are unavailable)
Audio
In Vitro Studies of Thimerosal Toxicity
Boyd E. Haley, PhD
Chairman and Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
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Comparative Toxicology of Ethyl and Methyl Mercury
George Lucier, PhD
Former Director, Environmental Toxicology Program
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
Audio
Rising Incidence of Autism: Association with Thimerosal
Mark F. Blaxill, MBA
Autism Society of America, Massachusetts Chapter
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NIH Studies on Thimerosal
Polly Sager, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Audio
Wrap-up Commentary on Thimerosal Risk
From the Perspective of a Developmental Toxicologist
George Lambert, MD
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Audio
Wrap-up Commentary on Thimerosal Risk from the Perspective of a Pediatric Vaccinologist
Neal Halsey, MD
Professor and Director
Division of Disease Control
Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins University
Audio
Public comments
Audio
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