Institute of Medicine

Division of Population Health and Public Health Practice

First Meeting of
The Committee to review the Health Effects in vietnam veterans of exposure to herbicides (Seventh Biennial Update)

March 27, 2008
National Academies of Science, Room 150
2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20418

PUBLIC AGENDA

1:00 p.m.          Welcome; goals and conduct of the public meeting; introduction of committee members

Richard Fenske, Committee Chair

1:05 p.m.          Charge to the Committee

Mark Brown, PhD, US Department of Veterans Affairs

1:20 p.m.          IOM Veterans and Agent Orange Reports: A Brief History

                        David Butler, PhD, Institute of Medicine

1:50 p.m.          Report of the Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Reconstruction Model   

                        Lois Joellenbeck, PhD, Institute of Medicine

2:00 p.m.          Possibility of epigenetic mechanisms for dioxin, particularly for transgenerational effects

                        Barbara R. Migeon, MD, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital

                        Michael K. Skinner, PhD, Washington State University (by phone)

3:00 p.m.          Activities involving the Vietnamese population

                        Vaughan C. Turekian, PhD, Chief International Officer, AAAS and representative to US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin

                        Veteran speaker(s), if time requested

3:45 p.m.          Close Public Session