Board Member, Dr. Lilian Corra, receives 2008 Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) Special Recognition Award
Dr. LIlian Corra, International Secretariat and Past President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), founder and President of Argentine Association of Doctors for the Environment (AAMMA), and PBC Board Member, will receive the 2008 Special Recognition Award from WHO's Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety at the sixth session of the forum to be held in Dakar, Senegal in September 2008. Dr. Corra is being recognized for her international efforts to focus attention on and develop initiatives to address the dangers of chemical exposures, especially to children. For more information about Dr. Corra's work, the IFCS or the award, please click here.
PBC 2009 to be held in Perth, Western Australia November 20-22, 2009
The PBC 2009 Conference will be held at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre in Perth 20-22 November, 2009. Details on the conference, including the preliminary announcement will be available online in late August of 2008.
Symposium on Lead and Children's Health
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research,
Subiaco, Western Australia
April 7, 2008
On Monday, April 7th, World Health Day, a symposium on lead and children's health will be held at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Subiaco, Western Australia. Dr. Robin Guttinger, Chief Resident at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children will discuss 'Clinical effects of exposure to lead in children' and Dr. Alison Jones, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at the University of Newcastle, will give a talk entitled 'Risk assessment and risk communication: lessons learned from managing communication after lead dust pollution in Esperance, Western Australia'. The seminar is co-sponsored by the PBC.
WHO/UNEP Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous Wastes
Singapore
February 28 and 29, 2008
On February 28 and 29, 2008, the WHO/UNEP Regional Initiative on Environment and Health for Southeast and East Asian Countries heldthe first workshop for members of the Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous Wastes in Singapore. The Pacific Basin Consortium is a member of the group and was represented by Board Member, Dr. Genandrialine Peralta. A full report on the meeting will be posted shortly.
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PBC Elects New Chair of the Board and Officers at 2007 Beijing Meeting
A warm welcome to the new PBC Chair, Dr. Peter Sly of the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research in Perth, Australia,, who takes over leadership of the organization from Dr. David Carpenter (PBC Chair, 2003-2007). We are delighted to have Dr. Sly with us and are grateful that Dr. Carpenter will remain on the executive committee of the Board as Treasurer. Dr. Robert Arnold, a key member of the planning committee for both the 2005 and 2007 conferences has agreed to accept the position of Vice-Chair.
PBC Welcomes New Board Members
The PBC is delighted to welcome eight new board members elected in early February. They are: Dr. Lilian Corra of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Argentina; Dr. Budi Haryanto of the University of Indonesia, Depok; Dr. Andrea Hinwood of Edith Cowan University, Australia; Dr. Fujio Kayama of Jichi Medical University, Japan; Dr. Kyoung Woong Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Dr. Conchita San Nicolas Taitano of the Environmental Protection Agency, Guam; Dr. Shinsuke Tanabe of Ehime University, Japan; and Dr. Tao Shu of Peking University, China.
Hazardous Wastes Training Workshop
Thailand
January 29 and 30, 2008
On January 29 and 30, 2008, PBC Board Member Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour of the University of Alberta, Canada, taught a workshop entitled, "The disposal of hazardous chemical waste generated from the institutional laboratory" at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, Huntra Center, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand. There were about 40 participants in the workshop, including science faculty from seven Thai Universities and five high school chemistry teachers. To view the program workshop, please click here.
PBC Mini-Grant Program
The PBC has initiated a program of providing a limited number of mini-grants to activities in the region that help to achieve PBC goals. The grants are small - US$150 - $300 - but can nevertheless play an important role both in providing much-needed resources to small initiatives and in expanding the PBC’s visibility in the region. The first project to receive a mini-grant was a training organized by Board member, Dr. Irma Makalinao. The training was provided to Philippines Department of Health professionals in the area of Children’s Environmental Health in March. The Singapore symposium on environmental health described below was also a recipient of a PBC mini-grant.
Mini-grant funds are being used to support Board Member Dr. Genandrialine Peralta's participation in the WHO/UNEP Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous Wastes workshop in Singapore at the end of February.
If you know of a relevant project that might benefit from a PBC mini-grant, please contact the PBC Secretariat at pbc@eastwestcenter.org.
PBC Business and Board Meetings 2007
The PBC held its bi-annual business and board meetings in Beijing in conjunction with the 2007 international conference.
