1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Schedule

Please refer to program for sessions descriptions.

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Nazneen Aziz	(Interleukin Genetics, Inc.) Host genomics influence the outcomes of microbial infections
Bjarke Bak Christensen	(Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) Campylobacter risk assessment in poultry
Jozsef Baranyi	(Institute of Food Research, UK) COMBASE-A combined database of microbial responses to the food environment. (Also Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments)
Gustavo Barbosa-Canova	(Washington State University) Modeling New Food Processes for Microbial Inactivation
Leila Barraj	(Novigen Sciences, Inc.) Critical analysis of strengths and weaknesses of using food consumption data for microbiological risk assessment
Robert Buchanan	(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition FDA) Lessons learned in initiating and conducting risk assessments within a risk analysis framework: a FDA/CFSAN approach.(Also Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers) Opening remarks and Closing Plenary
Cynthia Chappell	(University of Texas-Houston) Human and animal dose-response models for Cryptosporidium
Gregg Claycamp	(Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA) Modeling indirect transfer of antimicrobial resistance from non-pathogenic bacteria
Josh Cohen	(Harvard University)-The use of a computer simulation to assess the risk of BSE spreading if it were introduced into the United States
Lester Crawford	(FDA) Opening Keynote- Challenges of using risk assessment for decision making
Douglas Crawford Brown	(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Panel- Software for risk assessors
Frank Devlieghere	(Ghent University) Modeling of chemical inhibition and inactivation
Eric Ebel	(Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA) USDA's E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef risk assessment. (Also Panel- Software for risk assessors)
Joseph Eisenberg	(U. of Cal. Berkeley) Panel- Modeling susceptible subpopulations
Sara Fein	(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition FDA) Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments
Ian Gardner	(University of California Davis) Acritique of current microbiological risk assessment practices from an epidemiological perspective
Edward Gillin	(Food and Agricultural Organization) FAOSTAT-Multilingual databases of the Food and Agriculture Organization. (Also Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments)
Chuck Haas	(Drexel University) Bioterrorism and the food supply system from a risk assessment viewpoint. (Also Panel- Modeling susceptible subpopulations)
Arie Havelaar	(National Inst. Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands) Modeling the interactions between agent, host and the environment. (Also Panel- Modeling susceptible subpopulations)
Cliff Johnson	(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments
Jean-Louis Jouve	(Food and Agricultural Organization) Luncheon Keynote- Microbiological risk assessment in developing countries
Stanley Kaplan	(Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA) Application of Bayes' Theorem to microbiological risk assessment
Fumiko Kasuga	(National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan) Archiving of food sampled from restaurants and carerers. (Also Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments)
Anna Lammerding	(Health Canada) An International framework for the interaction between assessors and managers of microbiological hazards. (Also Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers)
Xiumei Liu	(Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine) Microbiological risk assessment in China: current situation and challenges
Carol Maczka	(USDA/FSIS) Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers
Alanna Moshfegh	(USDA) Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments
Maarten Nauta	(National Inst. Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands) Integrating probabilistic and kinetic models and modeling competition spoilage flora
Norman Pace	(University of Colorado) Risk assessment and microbial ecology
Greg Paoli	(Decisionalysis Risk Consultants, Inc.) Microbial Risk Assessment: Lessons learned and future directions
Donald Schaffner	(Rutgers) Modeling cross-contamination
Jørgen Schlundt	(World Health Organization) Luncheon Keynote- Pulling the World together: Lessons and future directions for international microbial risk assessment
Emma Snary	(Veterinary Laboratory Administration, UK) Panel- Software for risk assessors
Mark Sobsey	(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Rotavirus, Enterovirus, and Calicivirus Risk Assessment Approaches and Models. (Also Panel- Software for risk assessors)
Helle Sommer	(Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) Campylobacter risk assessment in poultry
Arpad Somogyi	(Directorate General, Health and Consumer Protection, EC) Interactions between risk assessors and risk managers in the European Union Food Safety Authority. (Also Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers)
Mark Tamplin	(Agricultural Research Service, USDA) COMBASE-A combined database of microbial responses to the food environment. (Also Panel- Databases for Risk Assessments)
Peter Teunis	(National Inst. Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands) Modeling infectivity of Cryptosporidium (Also Panel- Modeling susceptible subpopulations)
Kim Thompson	(Harvard) Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers
Suzanne van Gerwen	(Unilever Research and Development Vlaardingen)- Industry perspective on microbiological risk assessment. (Also Panel- Interface between risk assessors and risk managers)
Jan van Impe	(Katholeike Universiteit Leuven) Modelingnicrobial evolution under dynamic conditions
Michiel van Schothorst	(Nestlé) Linking risk assessment and HACCP
David Vose	(David Vose Consultancy) Use of microbiological risk assessment win world wide decision making-When has it helped?
Trudy Wassenaar	(Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants, Germany) Virulence prediction from genome sequences, promises and dreams
Marion Wooldridge	(Veterinary Laboratory Administration, UK) Data Quality, combining multiple data sources and distribution fitting
Charlie Yoe	(Notre Dame University) Panel- Software for risk assessors

 

Wednesday July 24, 2002 (7:30 am to 7:15 pm)

Plenary Session

Thursday July 25, 2002 (8 am to 7:30pm)

Concurrent sessions (2 speakers listed for each time slot)

Friday July 26, 2002 (8 am to 4:00 pm)

Concurrent sessions (2 speakers listed for each time slot)

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