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On Wed., Dec. 8th, 2010, NY Academy of Medicine, NY, NY will present a daylong seminar in "Exploring Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities".
The main presenter is Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MS, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatric, Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Dean for Global Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Landrigan has repeatedly warned about the impact of chemicals, including exposure to molds, on the brain(s) of the developing fetus and children. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine is a WHO Collaborating Centre in Children's Environmental Health.
Please try to attend and share this announcement with all interested parties you may know, including parents of special needs children, physicians, colleagues and contacts in public health sectors.
Preregistration is required. Click here to learn more and register for this important event.
Presentations:
Introduction – The Need for Studies of Environmental Causation of Autism and Learning Disabilities
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSC
Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Dean for Global Health
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
What Research is NIEHS Supporting into Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities?
Linda S. Birnbaum, PhD, DABT, ATS
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
What Research is CDC Supporting into Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities?
Edwin N. Trevathan, III, MD, MPH
Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The EARLI Network
Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Drexel University School of Public Health
Autism and Learning Disabilities in the National Children’s Study
Marion J. Balsam, MD
Director of Partnerships and Adjunct Studies
The National Children’s Study
The Korea Autism Study
Young‐Shin Kim, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
The Norwegian Mother and Baby Study
Christine Roth, PhD
Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Resources at Mount Sinai in Autism Research
Research in the Seaver Center
Latha V. Soorya, PhD, BCBA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Neurobiology Research
Patrick R. Hof, MD
Regenstreif Professor of Neuroscience
Vice‐Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Epidemiologic Studies
Stephanie A. Engel, PhD, MSPH
Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Pregnancy Biobank
Luca Lambertini, PhD
Instructor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Way Forward
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSC
Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Dean for Global Health
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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