Event Videos
DAY 1
2016 Children’s Environmental Health Summit – Opening Remarks
- Traditional Welcome – Lee Stephan – First Chief, Native Village of Eklutna
- Ethan Berkowitz – Mayor of Anchorage
- Pamela Miller – Executive Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
First Plenary: Our Children, Our Future: Health Disparities Among Alaska’s Children
- Rosemary Ahtuangaruak – Inupiaq Tribal Leader, Former Village Health Aide
- Allison Kelliher, MD – Tribal Doctor, Family and Integrative Medicine, Southcentral Foundation
- Vi Waghiyi – Native Village of Savoonga Tribal Member; Environmental Health and Justice Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Lisa Wade – Council Member/Director of Health, Education & Social Services, Nay’dini’aa Na’
Second Plenary: Opportunities and Initiatives to Protect the Health and Environment of Children
- Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD – Director, Office of Children’s Health Protection, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Kimberly Gray, PhD – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (remote presentation)
- Nica Louie – National Center for Environmental Research, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Maureen Swanson, MPA – Learning Disabilities Association of America; Co-Director of Project TENDR (Targeting Environmental Neurodevelopmental Risks)
- Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH – Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Respiratory Health Crisis – A Case Study from Fairbanks
- Patrice Lee – Citizens for Clean Air
Third Plenary: Science to Action – Creating a Broad-Based Movement for the Protection of Future Generations
- Charlotte Brody, RN – National Coordinator, Healthy Babies Bright Futures; Vice President, Healthy Initiatives, BlueGreen Alliance
Fourth Plenary: State of the Science – Endocrine Disruption and Birth Defects
- Carol Kwiatkowski, PhD – Executive Director, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
- David Carpenter, MD – Director, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany
- Vi Waghiyi – Native Village of Savoonga Tribal Member; Environmental Health and Justice Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Fifth Plenary: State of the Science – Childhood Cancer
- Richard Clapp, DSc, MPH – Boston University
- Rosemary Ahtuangaruak – Inupiaq Tribal Leader, Former Village Health Aide
Sixth Plenary: Tools for Environmental Health Investigations
- Madeleine Scammell, PhD – Boston University
DAY 2
First Plenary: State of the Science – Neurodevelopment
- Philippe Grandjean, MD – Harvard School of Public Health (remote presentation)
- Donna Erickson – Mother and Tribal Member from Unalakleet
Second Plenary: Engaging Healthcare Professionals in Policy Actions to Protect Children’s Health
- Katie Huffling, RN, CNM – Alliance of Nurses for A Healthy Environment
Third Plenary: Protecting Future Generations – The Need to Address Historical Trauma
- Lisa Ellanna – Director, Kawerak Katirvik Cultural Center, Nome
- Kathy Sanchez – Environmental Health and Justice Program Manager, TEWA Women United
Creating Consensus for the Protection of Children’s Environmental Health
- Elise Miller, MEd – Director, Collaborative on Health and the Environment
- Vi Waghiyi – Native Village of Savoonga Tribal Member; Environmental Health and Justice Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Reports from Working Groups, Final Recommendations, and Closing Remarks
- Policy Working Group – Facilitated by Elise Miller; Rapporteur Patrice Lee
- Research Working Group – Facilitated by Carol Kwiatkowski; Rapporteur Madeleine Scammell
- Environment Working Group – Facilitated by Nsedu Obot Witherspoon; Rapporteur Opik Ahkinga
- Healthcare Working Group – Facilitated by Katie Huffling; Rapporteur
- Education and Outreach Working Group – Facilitated by ; Rapporteur Samantha Englishoe
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