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16th August 2007, 10:48 AM
From: Mary Zawoysky <mzawoysky@whoi.edu>
To: ocb-all@whoi.edu
Subject: [Ocb-all] 2008 AGU Ocean Sciences session on Oceans and Human Health
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:46:08 -0400 (18:46 JST)
120. Oceans and Human Health: Identifying and Understanding Ocean Health Benefits and Threats [E, R]
Organizers:Paul Sandifer, NOAA, National Ocean Service, paul.sandifer@noaa.gov; Ed Laws, Louisiana State University, edlaws@lsu.edu; Stephen Brandt, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, stephen.b.brandt@noaa.gov; Sharon Smith, University of Miami, ssmith@rsmas.miami.edu
Growing awareness that wise stewardship of ocean resources can have a positive impact on human nutrition, health, and well-being and that misuse and abuse of ocean resources will likely have serious long-term consequences for mankind has led to the creation of federal oceans and human health (OHH) programs in NSF, NIEHS and NOAA. These programs, in collaboration with numerous federal, state and academic partners, have supported the development of OHH technologies and tools to discover new beneficial ocean products and identify, measure, and predict ocean health threats. The latter include, inter alia, (1) genomics, aquatic biomedical models, and sentinel species and habitats; (2) epidemiologic tools, indicators, and biosensors; and (3) oceanographic models and pilot warning systems. The session will highlight progress on (1) discovery and understanding of ocean health benefits derived from seafood, identification and characterization of marine pharmaceuticals and natural products, and the use of marine organisms as models for biomedical research, and (2) on understanding, tracking, and predicting ocean health threats such as pathogens, harmful algal blooms, and chemical pollutants and the processes that drive human exposure to these health threats. Papers reporting transition of research results to application are also welcome.
To: ocb-all@whoi.edu
Subject: [Ocb-all] 2008 AGU Ocean Sciences session on Oceans and Human Health
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:46:08 -0400 (18:46 JST)
120. Oceans and Human Health: Identifying and Understanding Ocean Health Benefits and Threats [E, R]
Organizers:Paul Sandifer, NOAA, National Ocean Service, paul.sandifer@noaa.gov; Ed Laws, Louisiana State University, edlaws@lsu.edu; Stephen Brandt, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, stephen.b.brandt@noaa.gov; Sharon Smith, University of Miami, ssmith@rsmas.miami.edu
Growing awareness that wise stewardship of ocean resources can have a positive impact on human nutrition, health, and well-being and that misuse and abuse of ocean resources will likely have serious long-term consequences for mankind has led to the creation of federal oceans and human health (OHH) programs in NSF, NIEHS and NOAA. These programs, in collaboration with numerous federal, state and academic partners, have supported the development of OHH technologies and tools to discover new beneficial ocean products and identify, measure, and predict ocean health threats. The latter include, inter alia, (1) genomics, aquatic biomedical models, and sentinel species and habitats; (2) epidemiologic tools, indicators, and biosensors; and (3) oceanographic models and pilot warning systems. The session will highlight progress on (1) discovery and understanding of ocean health benefits derived from seafood, identification and characterization of marine pharmaceuticals and natural products, and the use of marine organisms as models for biomedical research, and (2) on understanding, tracking, and predicting ocean health threats such as pathogens, harmful algal blooms, and chemical pollutants and the processes that drive human exposure to these health threats. Papers reporting transition of research results to application are also welcome.