2nd Annual Conference: Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction- Research Needs Panel

Introduction by
Jane Clougherty, MSc, ScD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Presented by
Joe Osborne, JD, Legal Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution
Raina Rippel, Project Director, Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project
Robert Boulware, Program Director, Marcellus Shale Coalition

Review of the Citizens Marcellus Shale Commision board report

Introduction by
John Stolz, PhD, Director, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education; Professor, Duquesne University, Biological Sciences department

Presented by
Myron Arnowitt, MPH, Pennsylvania State Director, Clean Water Action

A Risk Assessment of Fracing Fluid Flowback Water from an Operation in an Asian Pacific Setting

Introduction by
John Stolz, PhD, Director, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education; Professor, Duquesne University, Biological Sciences department

Presented by
Tom Biksey, MPH, Director Risk Assessment, EHS Support, Inc.; Doctorate Candidate, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Community Impacts of Natural Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale: A Research Summary

Introduction by
John Stolz, PhD, Director, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education; Professor, Duquesne University, Biological Sciences department

Presented by
Kathy Brasier, PhD, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology department

It's like we're losing our love: Documenting and Evaluating Social Change in Bradford County, PA during the Marcellus Shale Gas Boom (2009-2011)

Introduction by
John Stolz, PhD, Director, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education; Professor, Duquesne University, Biological Sciences department

Presented by
Simona Perry, PhD, Research Scientist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Industry Safety Initiatives and Community Emergency Preparedness

Introduction by
John Stolz, PhD, Director, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education; Professor, Duquesne University, Biological Sciences department

Presented by
William Burket, CFPS, Regulatory Affairs Manager, EOG Resources, Inc.

Worker Health Concerns in Marcellus Work

Introduction by
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD,
Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Presented by
Charles Werntz, DO, MPH, Associate Professor, Clinical Emphasis, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Community Medicine & the Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health department

Endocrine and Metabolic Disruption

Introduction by
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD,
Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Presented by
Adam Law, MD, Owner, IthacaMed; Clinical Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College; Founding board member, Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy

Regional air pollution emissions from the development and production of Marcellus Shale

Introduction by
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD,
Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Presented by
Allen Robinson, PhD, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies

Shale Gas, the Enviroment, and Human Health

Introduction by
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD,
Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health department

Presented by
Robert Jackson, PhD,
Nicholas Professor of Global Change, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment