TOXICOLOGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE 2012

April 30, 2012 - May 3, 2012

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The Wingate by Wyndham - West Chester, Ohio, USA

The 2012 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference (TRAC) will be a 4-day meeting focusing on topics in risk assessment practice. This year’s theme is Biochemical Interactions:  from Molecules to Man.  The conference will provide attendees with an overview of current research, methodologic, and practice issues that are the focus of risk assessment efforts in various Federal agencies, academic institutions, industry, and other organizations.

The Plenary session, on the first day of the main conference, will be on Hydraulic Fracturing.  Hydraulic Fracturing is also referred to as fracking, and is relevant to issues related to oil and gas completions.

Main conference sessions will span issues related to in vitro data and models, nano materials, physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling, occupational epidemiology, occupational health risk assessment, biological toxicants, and issues in study design and data acquisition. Specific workshops on risk assessment methodologies held on the days before and after the two main conference days, comprise TRAC 2012. A detailed agenda and conference registration information are pending.

Also featured is a poster session, with trainee competition and prizes, for which the poster abstract deadline is April 20, 2012.  The poster session is designed to provide participants the opportunity to share their work in a collegial environment. We invite poster abstract submissions of broad interest to toxicology and risk assessment.   Further, we invite work that has been submitted in the previous year at other relevant conferences to stimulate discussion in the more focused environment of TRAC.

The 2012 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference Continuing Education Accreditation Statement:

CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 22.4 contact hours.

IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 2.5 ANSI/IACET CEU's for this program.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 23.0 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.

AAVSB/RACE: This program has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 27.0 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call Sudha Pandalai at 513-533-8220 for further information.

TRAC 2012 is co-sponsored by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment; The U.S. Army Public Health Command; The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine; The 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory; The U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton; and in cooperation with TERA (Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment).

TRAC 2012

Previous Conference Agendas
TRAC 2011
TRAC 2008
TRAC 2007