Notice: The deadline for abstract submission would be extended to September 1, 2007. Please submit your abstract online at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
The Programme for Global Paediatric Research (PGPR) and the Chinese Pediatric Society of The Chinese Medical Association, in cooperation with The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Xinhua Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine are pleased to present PGPR’s sixth symposium, The Effect of Environmental Pollutants on Foetal and Child Development: A Global issue.
The sessions will focus on the effects of environmental pollution on foetal and child development. Particular emphasis will be placed on child health in developing countries. The symposium will be comprised of expert presentations providing an overview of the problems, issues and instances of work that is being done; oral presentations from selected abstracts on related issues; and structured panel discussions and open forums focused on determining research that is needed.
Speakers and Topics
Children's environmental health research: past, present and future
Shilu Tong, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
Household air pollution and children's health and development
Kirk Smith, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero and during first year of life: effects on development
Ruth Etzel, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, U.S.A.
Effects of exposure to air pollution and pesticides on birth outcomes and child health and development
Frederica Perera, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
Status of current environmental challenges in China
Xiaoming Shen, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Shanghai, China
Arsenic pollution: global distribution - evaluation and monitoring
Bibudhendra Sarkar, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Health impact of early life exposure to arsenic
Allan Smith, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Childhood lead poisoning: Sources, outcome, treatment and global dimensions
John F Rosen, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, U.S.A.
Neurological and behavioral manifestations of chronic lead poisoning
Kim Dietrich, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, U.S.A.
Air pollution and the prevalence of major birth defects
Meng Mao, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University School of Medicine, Sichuan Province Key Laboratory of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, and Ministry of Education for Disease Monitoring System of Women and Children and Bank of Biological Resources, Chengdu, China
Neurological and immunological effects of lead poison in preschool children in Zhejiang province
Zhiwei Zhu, Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Environmental studies and birth defects in Shanxi, China
Xiaoying Zheng, Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
The Programme for Global Paediatric Research (“PGPR”) includes paediatric researchers, societies, and other organizations committed to child health. It was formed in January 2004 to address the disparity between the scientific research resources available in high-income countries and the quantity of scientific research focused on the health of children in mid-and low-income countries. PGPR works at the centre of a global network to inform, educate, facilitate international research cooperation and collaboration, and advocate for research to improve the health of all children. For more information about PGPR, including proceedings from previous PGPR meetings, go to: www.globalpaediatricresearch.org
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