The 5th Int. Symposium on Nanotechnology, Occupational and Environmental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：本次会议赠款提案寻求支持第五届国际研讨会纳米技术，职业和环境健康，将在波士顿，马萨诸塞州，美国，2011年8月9日至12日。研讨会将在Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel举行。研讨会的主办机构是马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学（UML），高速纳米制造中心（CHN）和有毒物质使用减少研究所（图里）。共同主席是Su-Jung（Candace）Tsai博士和Michael Ellenbecker博士。独立于该提案，NIOSH已同意成为研讨会的赞助商。本次研讨会围绕三个主题展开，即：工程纳米粒子毒理学和不良健康影响，职业健康和环境健康;两个主题是直接相关的NIOSH的使命。在整个专题讨论会期间，将在这三个领域举行平行会议。如果获奖，NIOSH的财政支持将用于支付学生奖学金和TURI活动助理的工资支持，TURI活动助理将为研讨会做大量的行政工作。 公共卫生相关性：本次研讨会关注的是与工程纳米粒子工作的职业健康影响。这一新领域是NIOSH的一个重点，可能对公共卫生产生的不利影响可能很大。与会者将获得有关毒性，工人暴露和使用工程纳米颗粒的环境健康影响的最新信息，然后他们将能够应用于他们的工作并传递给他们的同事。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This conference grant proposal seeks support for the 5th International Symposium on Nanotechnology, Occupational and Environmental Health, will be held in Boston, Mass., USA, from August 9-12, 2011. The Symposium will be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. The host organizations for the Symposium are the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), and the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI). The co-chairs are Dr. Su-Jung (Candace) Tsai and Dr. Michael Ellenbecker. Independent of this proposal, NIOSH has agreed to be a sponsor of the Symposium. The Symposium program is organized around three themes, i.e., engineered nanoparticle toxicology and adverse health effects, occupational health, and environmental health; two of the themes are directly relevant to NIOSH's mission. Parallel sessions will be held in these three areas throughout the Symposium. If awarded, NIOSH financial support will be used to pay for student scholarships and for salary support for the TURI events assistant who will do much of the administrative work in support of the Symposium. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This Symposium is concerned with the occupational health implications of working with engineered nanoparticles. This new field is a strong focus of NIOSH, and the possible adverse public health implications can be significant. The attendees will obtain the most recent information on the toxicity, worker exposure, and environmental health impacts of working with engineered nanoparticles, which they will then be able to apply to their work and pass on to their colleagues.