INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH - STRASBOURG

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1st International Meeting of Environment and Health Air pollution, health and emerging issues - Strasbourg - 30 Novembre au 02 décembre 2016

Air pollution is an increasing concern for Humanity. The subject urgently needs more attention by medical scientists and society alike. Air pollution has long been recognized as a major health threat with multiple impacts, increasing mortality and morbidity. Pulmonary and cardio-vascular diseases are well known outcomes. Brain impacts are an emergent challenge as are epigenetic changes and developmental issues. This conference will tackle these issues for the first time. Our goal is to bring together basic researchers, epidemiologists, public health specialists and neurologists to assess current knowledge and identify key gaps that mandate further research.

Language: English
Conference Venue: Strasbourg

Registration will open the 10.09.2016

30 November - Venue Council of Europe

2:00 PM Welcome on behalf of the Deputy General Secretary,
Dr Marianne Mengus COE

2:15 PM Session 1 : How to assess causality
The Bradford Hill’s Criteria L. Godderis (KU Leuven Belgium)
Experimental evidence P. Spencer (OSHU Portland USA)
Health geography and the holistic approach
P. Handschumacher (UDS Strasbourg, IRD)
Is big data the answer to causality ? L. Soler (IRCADE, Strasbourg)

4:30 - 5:00 PM Break

5:00 - 6:00 PM Session 2 : Lessons and consequences
Re-Thinking Sustainable Development in Times of Disruptive
Change A. Rab (EOSD Karlsruhe, Germany)
Science with/without conscience? J.Reis (Strasbourg)

1 December - Venue CDE Campus of the University of Strasbourg

8:15 AM Wellcome
Catherine Florentz, Vice-présidente Recherche et Formation
doctorale, Université de Strasbourg

8:30 AM Session 3 : Indoor/outdoor air pollution, what are the differences?
Characteristics of outdoor air R. Deprost (ASPA, Strasbourg)
Characteristics of indoor air N. Leclerc (ASPA, Strasbourg) and
M.Ott (CHU, Strasbourg)

9:30 - 10:00 AM Break

10:00 - 12:00 AM Session 4 : CVD & Stroke and air pollution
Lessons from the French register of Dijon
M. Giroud (Dijon, France)
Air pollution and stroke, a review T. Bourdrel (Strasbourg, France)
Understanding mechanisms of CVD and stroke
M.A. Bind (Harvard, USA)
Microglial priming through the lung-brain axis: the role of air
pollution-induced circulating factors M. Block (Indianapolis, USA)
Pesticides and stroke, is there a link? A case study. H.L.J.
Bartstra (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 4:00 PM Session 5 : Neurodegenerative diseases & multiple sclerosis and
air pollution
Does air pollution cause multiple sclerosis relapses in France?
E. Leray (Rennes, France) & M.A. Bind (Harvard, USA)
Update on air-borne environmental exposures in MS, especially
organic solvent exposure and tobacco smoking
AM Landtblom (Uppsala Sweden)
Multiple sclerosis and air pollution in Iran, an epidemiological
update M.Amiri (Shahrekord, Iran)
Multiple sclerosis and air pollution exposure: Common
mechanisms toward brain autoimmunity
S. Esmaeil Mousavi (Shahrekord, Iran)
ALS and bioaerosols W. Camu (Montpellier France)

4:00 - 4:30 PM Break

4:30 - 6:30 PM Session 6 : Epigenetics & foetal development and air pollution
Pollution and development in children (focus on lung
development) I. Korten and P. Latzin (Bern, Switzerland)
Effect of exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
on striatum and attention deficit hyperactivity symptomatology in
primary school children M. Mortemais (IS Global Barcelona, Spain)
Effects of temperature and relative humidity on DNA methylation
M.A. Bind (Harvard, USA)
Telomere length and air pollution T. Nawrot (Hasselt, Belgium)

6:30 PM Free Communications
The access ways to brain A. Buguet and R. Cespuglio (Lyon France)
The Effects of Air Pollution on Neurological Diseases in Turkey
S. Ayta (Istanbul, Turkey)
Short-term effects of daily exposure to Diesel exhaust during
gestation on the olfactory system development in rabbits’ pups
E. Bernal Melendez & H. Schroeder (Nancy, France)

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