http://www.feedburner.comInstitute of Medicine RSS feed for the following topic: Environmental HealthThe National Academy of Medicine’s Annual Meeting (October 19, 2015) on Aging: Complexities, Opportunities, And Impacts on Society will explore this topic from a variety of perspectives and should make for a lively and worthwhile exchange.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/AnnualMeeting/2015-OCT-19.aspx6/25/20152015 Meeting of the Committee to Review NASA's Evidence Reportshttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NASAEvidenceReports/2015-JUN-22.aspx6/24/2015On April 18 and 19, 2007, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, in response to a request from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, hosted a workshop called “Autism and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research.” The goal of the workshop was to provide a venue to bring together scientists, members of the autism community, and the major sponsors of autism-related research to discuss the most promising scientific opportunities. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2007/Autism-and-the-Environment-Challenges-and-Opportunities-for-Research-Workshop-Proceedings.aspx6/22/2015The committee’s report, A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System, sponsored by The JPB Foundation, presents guiding principles and practical steps to help stakeholders weigh tradeoffs and choose policies that integrate benefits and risks across various domains.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/Food-System.aspx5/28/2015The Committee to Review NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2014 Workshophttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NASAEvidenceReports/2014-JUL-17.aspx5/6/2015On May 4, the Committee will discuss the next round of reports to be reviewed, introduce new members, and prepare for their next workshop. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NASAEvidenceReports/2015-MAY-04.aspx5/6/2015Burn Pit Registry Workshop - May 1, 2015http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Veterans/VABurnPitRegistry/BurnPitRegistryWorkshop.aspx5/4/2015An IOM committee will define and address the health related and economic consequences of premature birth.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Women/Prematurity.aspx4/22/2015The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine invites you to participate in the workshop, the Interplay between Environmental Exposures and Obesity, to be held March 2-3, 2015, at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, NC. A live webcast will be available for those who are unable to attend in person. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/EnvironmentalHealthRT/2015-MAR-02.aspx3/6/2015The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine provides a mechanism for parties from the academic, industrial, and federal research perspectives to meet and discuss environmental health issues in a neutral setting. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/EnvironmentalHealthRT.aspx2/26/2015The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is a database of information about Veterans and Servicemembers. The registry questionnaire is designed to allow current and former members of the military who served during the 1990-1 Gulf War and in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to report exposures to airborne hazards (such as smoke from burn pits, oil-well fires, or pollution during deployment), as well as other exposures and health concerns. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Veterans/VABurnPitRegistry.aspx2/26/2015After the 1990-1991 Gulf War, many veterans had concerns about the health effects that might result from their exposures and experiences while deployed. This report is the last in a series of 10 congressionally mandated studies to assess the epidemiologic literature on the health effects associated with deployment to the Gulf War in 1990-1991.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Veterans/GulfWarandHealth10.aspx2/11/2015The IOM will develop and conduct a public workshop focused on identifying prevalent and best practices in programs that integrate occupational health and safety with health promotion in small, medium, and large workplaces. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/TotalWorkerHealth.aspx1/13/2015In May 2014, with support from NIOSH, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) organized a 1-day workshop on Total Worker Health. Rather than a review of published literature, this workshop sought input from a wide variety of on-the-ground stakeholders regarding their experiences with integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion in the workplace.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Promising-and-Best-Practices-in-Total-Worker-Health.aspx1/7/2015Humans rely on the natural environment – such as oceans and coastal waters – for essential human services like providing food and essential dietary nutrients and purifying drinking water. These benefits are referred to as ecosystem services. Humans also rely on the environment for the natural cycles that renew the oxygen in the air, reduce carbon dioxide in the air, and recycle nitrogen. Disruption to these processes can create negative human health effects. The IOM held a workshop to discuss coastal waters and ocean ecosystem services in the United States and to understand the impacts on human health. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Understanding-the-Connections-Between-Coastal-Waters.aspx1/6/2015In 2008, NASA asked the IOM to assess the process for developing evidence reports that NASA has compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration space flights. The resulting IOM report, Review of NASA’s Human Research Program Evidence Books: A Letter Report, provided an initial and brief review of the evidence report. This 2013 letter report builds on the work of the 2008 report and examines three NASA evidence reports: Risk of Injury from Dynamic Loads; Risk of Spaceflight-induced Intracranial Hypertension/Vision Alterations; and Risk of Clinically Relevant Unpredicted Effects of Medication. Over the next five years, the IOM will issue 4 additional letter reports and evaluate more than 30 NASA evidence reports, in total.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Review-of-NASAs-Evidence-Reports-on-Human-Health-Risks.aspx12/18/2014The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) is a Department of Defense (DoD) support agency established in 1961. AFRRI is focused on the prevention, assessment, and treatment of injuries from ionizing radiation exposure through research to better understand health effects. The institute also provides education to inform medical and emergency response to radiation exposure incidents. There is no other DoD-level organization with such a comprehensive and broad-scoped mission in radiological health and protection. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, AFRRI’s parent organization, asked the IOM to summarize the state of scientific research about the health effects of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation exposure, examine workforce projections and needs, and identify opportunities for AFRRI to contribute to the field. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Research-on-Health-Effects-of-Low-Level-Ionizing-Radiation-Exposure.aspx12/18/2014In the spring of 2013, the IOM held three webinars which examined frameworks for global development goals and connections to health indicators, the role for health in the context of novel sustainable economic frameworks, and scenarios to project climate change impacts and health outcomes. The webinars were based on themes identified by the IOM Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine’s Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Including-Health-in-Global-Frameworks-for-Development-Wealth-and-Climate-Change.aspx12/18/2014The IOM’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health risks to new and existing industrial chemicals. Speakers at the workshop examined successes and areas for improvement within current regulatory programs for assessing industrial chemical safety, frameworks for chemical prioritization to inform targeted testing and risk management strategies, concepts of sustainability and green chemistry that support the design and use of safer alternatives, and efforts to reduce the risk of chemicals in our society.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Identifying-and-Reducing-Environmental-Health-Risks-of-Chemicals-in-Our-Society.aspx12/18/2014The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for protecting the health, safety, and resilience of its employees as well as guaranteeing effective management of the medical needs of those under DHS care or custody. The DHS Office of Health Affairs asked the IOM to recommend ways to better integrate occupational health functions and operational medicine throughout DHS with the necessary centralized oversight authority. The IOM’s report concludes that in order to ensure mission readiness and to provide DHS employees with occupational health support, strategic alignment through committed leadership, organizational and functional alignment, and management of health and safety information are needed.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Advancing-Workforce-Health-at-the-Department-of-Homeland-Security.aspx12/18/2014The IOM will conduct a study that examines current practices of the NIOSH Education and Research Centers for Occupational Safety and Health (ERCs) regarding respiratory protection curriculum content in occupational health nursing programs. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Education/RespiratoryProtectionNurses.aspx12/17/2014Priciples and Best Practices for Sharing Datahttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/EnvironmentalHealthRT/2014-MAR-19.aspx12/5/2014This committee will conduct a comprehensive review of the scientific literature regarding the relationship between damp or moldy indoor environments and the manifestation of adverse health effects, particularly respiratory and allergic symptoms. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/DampSpaces.aspx11/25/2014Workshop on Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalizationhttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/EnvironmentalHealthRT/2014-NOV-10.aspx11/12/2014The Institute of Medicine’s Annual Meeting (20 October 2014) on The World Within: The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease will embrace basic science, clinical translation, social and regulatory issues, and ethical questions.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/AnnualMeeting/2014-OCT-20.aspx10/24/2014In response to a request from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Health Affairs, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will conduct a review of the current occupational health and operational medicine infrastructure at DHS and provide recommendations on how infrastructures within component agencies can be better integrated into a coordinated, DHS-wide system with the necessary centralized oversight authority.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/HealthServices/DHSOccupationalHealthOperationalMed.aspx7/21/2014Monitoring the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill can help determine what actions should be taken to protect peoples’ health. The IOM will review the federal government’s surveillance and monitoring of the oil spill’s health effects and provide advice to the Department of Health and Human Services.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/FedResponseOilSpill.aspx7/1/2014Total Worker Health™:A Workshophttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Environment/TotalWorkerHealth/2014-MAY-22.aspx5/20/2014The Committee to Review of NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks will participate in a WebEx conference call on May 5, 2014.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NASAEvidenceReports/2014-MAY-05.aspx4/25/2014In response to a request from DHS, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council hosted a workshop June 25-26, 2013, that explored alternative cost-effective systems that would meet the requirements for a BioWatch autonomous detection system for aerosolized agents. The workshop, which was catalyzed by five commissioned white papers, considered the advantages and disadvantages of several technologies—nucleic acid signatures, immunoassays and protein signatures, genomic sequencing, and mass spectrometry — and the timeframe in which an integrated autonomous biodetection system using these technologies might be deployed. Additionally, the features and capabilities of an autonomous detection system that would be of value to public health officials and decision makers were discussed. This document summarizes the workshop.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2013/Technologies-to-Enable-Autonomous-Detection-for-BioWatch.aspx3/5/2014