NIEHS SUPERFUND BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL MEETING
Integrating Perspectives
November 9 – 12, 2003
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
The SBRP 2003 annual meeting was held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, from Nov. 9 through Nov. 12, 2003. More than 200 participants, including students, staff and researchers from the nineteen SBRP-funded university programs attended.
Throughout the three-day conference, technical sessions and presentations highlighted a broad spectrum of research, providing a greater understanding of the work currently being performed by the program’s researchers.
Continuing its ongoing support for student excellence in science research and training, SBRP sponsored student poster sessions during the conference, providing graduate and post-doctoral students with the opportunity to present their research findings. In conjunction with the student poster award ceremony, the 2003 Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award was presented to Monica Mendez.
In addition to the conference’s technical and student poster sessions, Administrators and Outreach Core staff from each SBRP university program met concurrently in their own meetings to review information relevant to their roles and responsibilities.
Background:
The Superfund Basic Research Program was established by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986. That act established a university-based program of basic research within the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) - a division of the National Institutes of Health. Research sponsored by the program uses money from the Superfund Trust, and complements the activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The program's primary goals are to:
• acquire a better understanding of the human and ecological risks of hazardous substances and
• advance the development of new technologies for the cleanup of contaminated sites.
The program was designed to encourage collaborations among academic scientists across the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering and ecology. For this reason, the program funds interdisciplinary projects that draw on the expertise of researchers from different scientific specialties.
More information about this research program and its participating university programs can be found at our program site and at the NIEHS SBRP web site.
Sponsors:
NIEHS, Superfund Basic Research Program
Dartmouth SBRP Toxic Metals Program Project
Center for Environmental Health Sciences at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
For more information contact:
Debbie Barton
Toxic Metals Research Program
phone: 603-650-1182
fax: 603-650-1183
debra.barton@dartmouth.edu