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

描述（由申请人提供）：本会议拨款提案旨在支持将在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的第五届纳米技术、职业和环境健康国际研讨会。2011年8月9日至12日在美国举行。研讨会将在威斯汀波士顿海滨酒店举行。研讨会的主办机构是马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校（UML）、高速纳米制造中心（CHN）和减少有毒物质使用研究所（TURI）。联席主席是蔡秀贞博士（Candace）和Michael Ellenbecker博士。独立于该提案，NIOSH已同意成为研讨会的赞助商。研讨会计划围绕三个主题组织，即工程纳米颗粒毒理学和不良健康影响，职业健康和环境健康；其中两个主题与NIOSH的使命直接相关。在整个专题讨论会期间，将在这三个领域举行平行会议。如果获得奖学金，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，该助理将负责支持研讨会的大部分行政工作。

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.