REGISTRATION 402F07016
I WILL ATTEND: D Wednesday, July 25 or D Thursday, July 26
NAME:
ADDRESS:
MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND $67 TO:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
UConn Health Center, Mail Stop 6210
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-6210
checks out to:
UConn Health
Center
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
PHONE:
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DIRECTIONS
Maps and driving directions are available at http://www.uchc.edu/directions/#driving. Follow signs to the Academic Entrance
and park in Lot A/B. The entrance to the Research BIdg. is at the far end of this lot. The workshop will be held in Room EG 013.
Hotel information is available at http://www.homewood-suites.com/en/hw/hotels/index.ihtml?ctyhocn —HFDFMHW
or 1 -800-321-0000. UConn rate is available.
The conference fee is $67. All attendees must pre-register, as there will be no onsite registration.
Registrations should be mailed with $67 check made out to UConn Health Center to:
Heidi Voisine
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
UConn Health Center, Mail Stop 6210
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-6210
For more information, contact:
Paula Schenck at 860-679-2368
or schenck(a>nso2.uchc.edu
MOLD AND MOISTURE
GUIDANCE FOR CLINICIANS
University of Connecticut
Health Center
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JULY 25 OR JULY 26, 2007 | 5:30 - 8:45 PM
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MOLD AND MOISTURE, GUIDANCE FOR CLINICIANS
LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY AND TREAT MOLD AND MOISTURE-RELATED ILLNESS DURING
A UNIQUE CLINICAL TRAINING EVENT AT THE UCONN HEALTH CENTER.
Health and exposure to mold in indoor environments has become much more than a subject of interest to health providers
and their patients. Recently investigators at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reviewed
a number of studies and concluded that building dampness and mold raise the risk of respiratory and asthma-related health
outcomes by 30 to 50 percent. The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health issued a policy
statement in December 2006 recommending that the presence of mold should be part of a "healthy-home inventory."
This workshop will suggest an approach—designed to work with the time pressures in today's clinical setting—that health
providers and public health professionals can use to evaluate patients, explore environmental relationships to illness, and
manage and communicate these potential risks to patients. As our understanding of the health risks associated with chronic
moisture in buildings deepens and media attention underlines these concerns for patients and the public, physicians are faced
with a rapidly growing number of patients troubled by mold and moisture in their homes, schools and work environments.
Based on the popular UConn clinical guide, this unique workshop will provide health care professionals the
latest information on mold, moisture, and human health. Workshop participants will leave with the tools to
evaluate patients and treat their mold related health concerns. You will learn how to:
» Consider the environment - especially mold and moisture - when taking histories and treating patients
» Discover emerging technologies to evaluate exposures, including the utility of biomarkers in assessing both exposure and effect
» Understand the uncertainty of measures, the role of qualitative observations, and common misperceptions about mold and moisture
» Select appropriate assessment tools
» Counsel your worried well patients
» Guide your patients to resources that they can use to reduce moisture and mold in their homes.
This workshop will be offered on July 25th and again on July 26th, from 5:30 - 8:45 p.m.
at the UConn Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut. Light dinner will be served
and all attendees will receive a copy of Guidance for Clinicians on the Recognition and
Management of Health Effects Related to Mold Exposure and Moisture Indoors, as
well as copies of checklist tools suitable for use in patient documentation.
Accreditation. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The University Of .
Connecticut School of Medicine lakes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA • >
Category 1 Credit(s) :. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the aclivity.
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
EILEEN STOREY, MD, MPH
Eileen Storey, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine
and the Chief of the Division of Public Health and
Population Sciences at UConn Health Center, is a
recognized occupational and environmental medicine
clinician and national leader in indoor environments
and health. Dr. Storey's strength as a clinician
and educator is complemented by her work as a
public health professional. Currently she co-chairs
the Services Sector Council, National Occupational
Research Agenda, National Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health and is on the executive committee
of the Asthma Regional Council in New England.
Dr. Storey was a featured speaker at the Surgeon
General's Workshop on Healthy Indoor Environment
held in January 2005. She established the Center
for Indoor Environments and Health in 2001 to
address emerging issues in this field.
HARRIET M. AMMANN, PHD, DABT
Harriet M. Ammann, PhD, DABT, Affiliate
Associate Professor Department of Environmental
Health Sciences, University of Washington, is
an international expert on exposure and risk for
individuals and communities from environmental
toxicants. She has served on scientific advisory
committees and has developed trainings for local
health departments, and national organizations,
including American Conference of Industrial
Hygienists, American Industrial Hygiene Association
and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Dr. Ammann served on the National
Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine
Committee on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health,
and authored the Toxicity chapter of the resulting
report, as well as contributing to chapters on Public
Health and the Building Environment.
PAULA SCHENCK, MPH
Paula Schenck, MPH, is Assistant Director of
the Center for Indoor Environments and Health
and Clinical Instructor in the Department of
Community Medicine and Health Care at UConn
Health Center. She was an invited member of a
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Committee on Indoor Air Quality in Connecticut
Schools. Dr. Storey and Ms. Schenck are two of
the co-authors of the Guidance for Clinicians on
the Recognition and Management of Health Effect:
Related to Mold Exposure and Moisture Indoors.
Program presenters do not have a financial
interest/arrangement or affiliation with any
organizations that could be perceived as a real
or apparent conflict of interest in the context of
the subject of this presentation.
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