Total Feds on Travel: 77 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 0 Title of Conference: National Research Council Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions Dates: 1/10-1/11/2017 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. Venue, City, State or Country: How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: This is a meeting held by the National Academy of Sciences. The Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions provided a public venue for communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community about scientific discoveries and advances in methods and approaches that can be used in the identification, quantification, and control of environmental impacts on human health. $74,874.96 Total Estimated Cost: Total Attendees: 150 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 25 Title of Conference: Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies - of Exposure (ROBINS-E) Workshop 1/30-1/31/2017 Dates: Venue, City, State or Country: Bristol Marriott, Bristol, United Kingdom How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: Assessed the applicability of using the ROBINS-I tool (Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions) to assess the of for epidemiological studies in environmental and occupational internal validity (“risk bias”) health (referred to as ROBINS-E), by building on work to date to develop and publish a ROBINS-E tool and to create a guidance document for its use. $73,549.00 Total Estimated Cost: Total Attendees: 43 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 23 Title of Conference: Environmental Risks for Psychiatric Disorders: Underlying Mechanisms of Psychopathology 3/21-3/22/2017 Dates: Venue, City, State or Country: NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: The overall goal of this meeting was to bring together experts in the fields of psychiatry, fundamental neuroscience, human genetics, immunology and environmental health sciences to help fill critical knowledge gaps in the identification of common pathways and mechanisms implicated in psychiatric disorders that are also the targets of environmental exposures. $32,828.00 Total Estimated Cost: Total Attendees: 47 Total Feds on Travel: 8 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 14
Total Feds on Travel: 77 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 0 Title of Conference: National Research Council Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions Dates: 1/10-1/11/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: This is a meeting held by the National Academy of Sciences. The Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions provided a public venue for communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community about scientific discoveries and advances in methods and approaches that can be used in the identification, quantification, and control of environmental impacts on human health. Total Estimated Cost: $74,874.96 Total Attendees: 150 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 25 Title of Conference: Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies - of Exposure (ROBINS-E) Workshop Dates: 1/30-1/31/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: Bristol Marriott, Bristol, United Kingdom How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: Assessed the applicability of using the ROBINS-I tool (Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions) to assess the internal validity (“risk of bias”) for epidemiological studies in environmental and occupational health (referred to as ROBINS-E), by building on work to date to develop and publish a ROBINS-E tool and to create a guidance document for its use. Total Estimated Cost: $73,549.00 Total Attendees: 43 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 23 Title of Conference: Environmental Risks for Psychiatric Disorders: Underlying Mechanisms of Psychopathology Dates: 3/21-3/22/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: The overall goal of this meeting was to bring together experts in the fields of psychiatry, fundamental neuroscience, human genetics, immunology and environmental health sciences to help fill critical knowledge gaps in the identification of common pathways and mechanisms implicated in psychiatric disorders that are also the targets of environmental exposures. Total Estimated Cost: $32,828.00 Total Attendees: 47 Total Feds on Travel: 8 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 14
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