Courses & Workshops
SHORT COURSE ON MEDICAL GEOLOGY (WS3)
19 - 20 September - Sheraton Conference Centre
Health and Earth - Building a Safer Environment
Sponsored by International Medical Geology Association
Convenor: Dr J.A. Centeno (USA)
The Short Course on Medical Geology is intended for geologists, geochemists, ecologists, chemists, biologists, occupational and environmental scientists, medical professionals, toxicologists, epidemiologists, environmental pathologists, bio-statisticians and any other health, environmental and geo-sciences professional with interest on Medical Geology issues, particular interest on the effect of toxic metal ion species on environmental and human health. An important aim of the Course is to provide the opportunity for forming contacts and networks between professionals working in different areas of environmental and human health.
Speakers:
Jose A. Centeno, Chairman, IMGA, Joint Pathology Center, Washington, DC, USA
Olle Selinus, Co-Chairman (for Geosciences), IMGA, Sweeden
Robert B. Finkelman, Chair, IMGA Education Committee, University of Texas at Dallas , USA
Mark Lyles, IMGA, US Navy, USA
Mark Cave, British Geological Survey, UK
Wen-An Chiou, The Maryland University, USA
FEES
Price per participant: € 250.
Price per participant in the GEOMED2011: € 100 (sponsored by AISA-onlus).
Price includes: School fees and coffee breaks. On September 20, afternoon, attendees will be taken by shuttle to the Conference Centre for the Ice Breaker Party.
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WS4 - CLINICAL CASES OF URINARY CALCULI IN ITALY
Convenors: Dr Bruno Baggio (Italy) & Dr. Martino Marangella (Italy)
A multidisciplinary research group is organising a Workshop that will cover scientifically broad aspects in the field of stone disease showing clinical cases in Italy, in parallel with the 4th International Conference on Medical Geology at Bari, Italy, 20th-25th September 2011. Scientists of different specialities and fields will meet to exchange new ideas and knowledge in the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and medical/surgical treatment of urinary stones.
The workshop will be held on 20th September (8.30-13.30). Participation is free of charge for people registered to the GEOMED2011; for the others it will cost 75 euros (conference proceedings on CD and coffee break included).
If you are interested in participating please contact either of the convenors (bruno.baggio@unipd.it; mmarangella@mauriziano.it).
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WS1 - WORKSHOP ON DUST
It has been merged to the session ME2 - Airborne Particulate Matters & Minerals
The Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management of the International Union of Geological Sciences is organising a Workshop on Dust in parallel with the 4th International Conference on Medical Geology at Bari, Italy, 20th-25th September 2011. The session will examine the current understanding of, and recent research on, the impacts of dust from direct (e.g. soil erosion, volcanic activity) and indirect (e.g. winning and processing of minerals, construction materials) geological sources on human and livestock health, wildlife and crops. Participants are invited to contact the co-convenors of the Working Group providing a title and short abstract (200 words) of their contribution. When abstracts have been accepted, full papers will be requested by 30th June 2011. If sufficient contributions are submitted these will be published in a peer reviewed book. __________________________________________________________________________________
WS2 - WORKSHOP ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN AFRICA
It has been included in the session UM3a - Medical Geology Research in Africa
Because of Africa’s unique geoenvironmental condition, it is considered likely that the discovery of remarkable correlations between Earth materials and processes, and human health, will continue into the next decades, as research activities in this emerging area of study proliferate.
Rapid development of ‘Medical Geology’ in Africa followed concretisation and formalisation of the study by the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) meeting in Uppsala in 2000. At this meeting it was agreed by international consensus that the former name of ‘Geomedicine’ be replaced by ‘Medical Geology’, a term that was deemed more likely to gain acceptance by the medical profession. Several short courses have since been run in Africa and a variety of awareness campaigns mounted to promote the study.
The workshop at GEOMED 2011 will examine the current status of Medical Geology research in Africa and look at other developments in the subject.
Workshop themes under which solicited papers will be presented would include:
- The geochemical circulation of nutritional and toxic elements (I, F, Se, Zn, Cd, As, Pb, Hg, etc.) in relation to human and animal health
- Natural radiation and radon gas
- Cardiovascular disease, cancer and the geochemical environment
- Geophagia, Kaposi’s sarcoma and podoconiosis
- Volcanic gas chemistry, health spas and mineral waters
- Balneology of peat deposits
- The African dust plume: sources, composition, propagation and health effects
- The health impact of mining and mineral processing
- Health and the geology of energy
- Environmental epidemiology
- Environmental and medical data sources
- Analytical techniques in environmental geochemistry
- Medical Geology in Africa: Future perspectives and prospects
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Last update: September 9, 2011
