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Wednesday, 18 January 2006
  Plenary: Introduction to NOAA's OHHI and Setting the Stage
09:00 OHHI Programmatic Overview and Strategic Plan (Trtanj and Sandifer)
09:30 Goals of the All PI.s Meeting (Trtanj)
09:45 NOAA OHHI Center Overviews (Brandt, Varanasi, Holland)
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 OHHI Data Management Overview (Williams)
11:20 OHHI Outreach and Education Overview (Senauer, Joseph, Lovelace)
11:45 Overview of Upcoming Sessions (Trtanj)
11:50 Open Forum (Panel: Trtanj, Sandifer, Magnien)
12:30 Buffet Lunch
01:40 OHHI PI Scientific Presentations
  • Understanding and Predicting Pathogens in an Ecosystem Context
    • Marine Organisms as Disease Vectors (Burnett)
    • Detection of Enteric Pathogens in South Carolina Oysters (Gooch)
    • Adapting the Luminex system for microbial water quality analysis (Goodwin)
    • Adherence and Colonization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Rashid)
    • Cholera across scales: oceanic links to climate and local estuarine influences (Pascual)
    • The role of metal contamination in the proliferation of antibiotic resistance in coastal water-borne pathogens (Stepanauskas)
    • Pathogen Source Tracking Program (Stewart)
    • Understanding Colonization of Shellfish by Pathogenic Vibrios (Strom)
    • Influence of Coastal Processes on High Fecal Coliform Counts in Mississippi Beach Waters (Ufnar)
    • Viral Decay/Inactivation in the Coastal Ocean (Ying)

  • Understanding and Predicting Toxins in an Ecosystem Context
    • Cyanobacteria and BMAA in Aquatic Ecosystems (Bidigare)
    • A novel method for simultaneous detection of multiple harmful algal species (Brown)
    • Spatially Distributed Surface--Subsurface Watershed Hydrology Model of Water and Materials Runoff (Croley)
    • HABs in Saginaw Bay and western Lake Erie (Fahnenstiel)
    • Forecasting of Harmful Algal Blooms and Minimizing Human Health Risks (Lefebvre)
    • Ecology and hydrology of pathogens in the Great Lakes- an overview of NOAA Center activities by MSU (Molloy)
    • West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health: Incorporating Climate (Stein)
    • Optical tagging and tracking of water masses for prediction of human health hazards (Strutton)
    • Remote sensing to support Ecosystem research and Harmful Algal Blooms (Stumpf)

  • Understanding and Predicting Chemical Pollutants in an Ecosystem Context
    • The Wild and Farmed Seafood Enigma: Exploring Human Health Risks, Benefits and Opportunities for the Future (Browdy)
    • Emerging Chemical Contaminants of Concern Program (Fulton)
    • Zebrafish: A Biomedical Model System for Fish and Human Health (Incardona)
    • Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Emerging Contaminants on Estuarine Organisms (Key)
    • Emerging antifouling contaminants in the marine environment (Sapozhnikova)
    • Coastal eutrophication and hypoxia: Implications for mercury methylation, mercury biomagnification, and human health (Senn)

  • Marine Pharmaceuticals and Natural Products
    • Discovery of Pharmaceutical Lead Compounds from Marine Organisms (Bidigare)
    • Exploration of the marine subsurface environment for novel biomedical resources (Rowley)
    • Exploration of Biodiversity and Pharmaceutical Potential of Marine Fungi in Hawaii (Wang)
05:45 Reception and Poster Session
Thursday, 19 January 2006
08:30 OHHI PI Scientific Presentations (cont)
  • Understanding and Predicting Pathogens in an Ecosystem Context (cont)
    • Global climate change and infectious disease: A biological and physical investigation into the relationship between sea surface temperature and microbial pollution in coastal waters (Boehm)
    • Virtual Beach Using empirical models to predict recreational water quality (Frick)
    • The Use of Remote Sensing and Molecular Detection to Predict Risk of Infection by Vibrio Parahaemolyticus (Grimes)
    • Development of a Watershed-to-Very-Near-Shore Model for Pathogen Fate and Transport (Haack)
    • Modeling the Transport and Inactivation of E. Coli and Enterococci in the Nearshore Region of Lake Michigan (Liu)
    • Population Level Projections of Delayed Health Effects Associated with Environmental Stressors (Ecoforecasting) (Loge)
    • Influence of Combined Sewer Overflows on Cryptosporidium and Giardia Accumulation in Sediments and Impacts on Water Quality and Health in the Great Lakes (Molloy)
    • Development of Improved Risk Assessment and Management Tools for Vibrio vulnificus: What Makes Them Pathogenic (Nilsson)
    • Nearshore Hydrodynamic Modeling for Beach Closure Forecasting (Schwab)
    • Monsoons and Malaria in Africa: Case of Niger (Thiaw)
    • Predictive Model Variation and Effectiveness across Varying Scales of Time and Space(Whitman)

  • Sentinel Species and Habitats
    • BioInformatics (Chapman)
    • Sentinel species concepts in NOAA's WCCOHH Program (Collier)
    • The impact of different classes of PCBs on marine mammal and human health: a new assessment of immunotoxicity (DeGuise)
    • Tidal Creeks as Sentinel habitats (DiDonato)
    • Marine Origin Brucella: Potential for Adverse Impact on Marine Mammal and Human Health (Dunn)
    • Sub-lethal Effects of Domoic Acid on California Sea Lions, Sentinels of Ocean Changes that Affect Human Health (Gulland)
    • Marine Mammals as Sentinels of Ocean Changes Impacting Human Health (Gulland)
    • Functional Marine Genomics (Warr)
    • OHH Tidal Creeks Database at HML (White)
12:45 Buffet Lunch
02:00 Plenary: Breakout Group Charge (Trtanj)
02:30 Breakout Sessions 1 and 2
  • Breakout 1: Integration of OHHI Scientific Research and Methods & Opportunities for Collaboration
  • Breakout 2: The "So What?" - OHHI Benefits and Outcomes to NOAA in particular, and Society in general
06:00 Informal Dinner at Fort Johnson
Friday, 20 January 2006
08:30 Introduction to the OHHI Distinguished Scholars (Trtanj)
08:45 Dr. Rita Colwell Distinguished University Professor Emerita, University of Maryland
09:15 Dr. Philip Roberts Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
09:45 Coffee Break
10:15 Oceans and Human Health: Emergency Response in Action
  • Seafood safety and Hurricane Katrina: Is there a role for OHH in responding to environmental emergencies? (Collier)
10:30 Breakout Groups Report Back
11:30 Closing Discussions (Trtanj, Sandifer, Magnien)
12:30 Meeting Adjourns

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