ISPS forum to explore risk assessment
As part of the Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum, Gail Charnley, president of Healthrisk Strategies in Washington, D.C., will speak at two events on campus on Wednesday, Oct. 4
Charnley will first participate in a discussion on "Democratic Science: The Role of Science and Values in Environmental Decision-Making" at noon at the Institution for Social & Policy Studies (ISPS), 77 Prospect St. Lunch will be provided at this event. Charnley will then present a more formal lecture on the same topic at 4 p.m. at the Laboratory of Epidemiology & Public Health, 60 College St. Sponsored by ISPS, both events are free and open to the public. For more information or lunch reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.
An internationally recognized expert on environmental health risk assessment and risk management science and policy, Charnley develops scientific, regulatory and risk communication strategies to help clients respond to legal, regulatory and public perception challenges in the United States and Europe. She also holds an adjunct faculty position at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. She previously served as executive director of the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management, and acting director of the Toxicology and Risk Assessment Program at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.
Dr. Joann G. Elmore '92 M.P.H., associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will be a featured speaker at two separate events at the School of Medicine.
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Elmore will lead a discussion on "Crossroads in My Medical Career: Finding Balance and Direction." The discussion will take place at 12 p.m. in the Physiology Conference Room, Room 145, in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The talk will cover choosing a specialty, the importance of mentors, how to select a mentor, searching for the right job, and balancing family and work. A reception will precede the discussion at 12:30 p.m.
Elmore will then present the Phyllis T. Bodel Memorial Lecture, titled "Controversies in Breast Cancer Screening," on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 8:30 a.m. in Fitkin Auditorium. Both events are sponsored by the Office for Women in Medicine and Office of Academic Development.
A noted researcher, clinician and teacher, Elmore studies breast cancer screening with the goal of improving mammography and reducing false-positive results. In 1998 she led a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that shows at least one woman in two will receive a false-positive result after having annual screening mammograms for a decade, and that almost 20 percent of women will undergo a biopsy. She is completing a four-year assessment of the relationship between a patient's race and socioeconomic status and her breast cancer screening practices.
Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will discuss "Managing Global Environmental Challenges: Lessons from the UNEP Experience" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in Room 127 in the Sterling Law Building, 127 Wall St.
In addition to heading the Nairobi-based UNEP, Toepfer is director-general of the UN Office in Nairobi, UN under-secretary general and a member of the Senior Management Group of the UN, which is the secretary-general's cabinet. Toepfer has also served as the acting executive director of the UN Centre for Human Settlements.
As head of UNEP, Toepfer chaired a task force set up by the secretary-general to review existing structures through which environment-related activities are carried out within the UN. The group's recommendations on reforming and strengthening the UN's activities in the environment and human settlement areas were adopted by the UN General Assembly in July 1999. Toepfer has also held various positions in the German national political party, the Christian Democratic Union. In 1986 he was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 1989 the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit for exceptional service to the country.
Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of the recently published novel "Pure Poetry" and the forthcoming "The Munich Diary," will be a guest at a master's tea on Thursday, Oct. 5.
Kirshenbaum will speak at 5 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Kirshenbaum's first book, a young adult novel titled "Short Subject," was published in 1989. The story collection "Married Life" came out in 1990, followed by the novels "On Mermaid Avenue" in 1993 and "A Disturbance in One Place" in 1994, then the story collection "History on a Personal Note" in 1995.
All of Kirshenbaum's books have been translated and published, or are forthcoming, in Germany, France, Israel, Holland and Brazil. Her short stories have been published in both literary and commercial magazines, and have been anthologized both nationally and internationally.
Kirshenbaum teaches fiction writing at Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts. .She has also taught writing at Mercy College at Bayview Correctional Facility for Women.Her honors include a 1995 Critics Choice Award for Best Books.
Steven Latham, director of the Center for Health, Law & Policy at Quinnipiac University School of Law, will deliver a lecture titled "Profession & Calling: Views About the Morality of Work" on Thursday, Oct. 5.
Latham believes that there are two rival traditions which insist, for different reasons, that the quality of a person's work reflects upon that person morally. The tradition of professionalism seeks to moralize work in order to make that work the best it can be. Its object is to secure high quality service for clients who, because they lack expertise, cannot easily judge quality on their own.
The tradition of calling, on the other hand, seeks to perfect not the work but the worker. Its primary object is not to secure quality service to the client but to develop the character of the service provider. In his talk, Latham will compare the history of the two traditions and discuss the tensions between being a professional and having a calling.
Sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, Latham's talk will take place at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., and will be preceded by a reception at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free event.
Daniel Dodgen, senior legislative and federal affairs officer at the American Psychological Association (APA), will speak as part of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Oct. 6.
Dodgen's talk, titled "Effective Advocacy for Children, Youth and Families," will be held at noon in Room 211 of Mason Laboratory, 8 Hillhouse Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
Dodgen is responsible for overseeing the APA's federal advocacy efforts on a number of issues with relevance to psychological research, including issues relating to children and families. He is a member of the Resource and Planning Committee of the National Report Card on Children's Mental Health Services, as well as on the executive committees of several national organizations. Dodgen is also a licensed clinical psychologist in the District of Columbia.
Prior to joining the APA, Dodgen was a congressional fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives working on the Committee on Education and the Workforce. During this fellowship, he was actively involved in shaping federal legislation on juvenile crime and Head Start. Before moving to Washington, Dodgen was a staff psychologist at the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center in Los Angeles.
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