Role and Responsibilities of the Land Grant System
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Building Community Strengths to Address Biohazards

1:30
Welcome & Orientation

• Rod Howe — Assistant Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and Associate Director of the Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Cornell University [Bio]
• Mike Hoffmann — Associate Director for Agriculture and Food Systems in Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE); as well as Director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYSIPM); and Professor of Entomology, Cornell University [Bio]

1:45
Biology & Community Intertwined — Examples from the Smallpox Vaccination Campaign [Slides–1.11MB] [Handouts–556KB]

• Lois Levitan — Program Leader, Environmental Risk Analysis Program (ERAP), Department of Communication, Cornell University (Bio)

Panel: Perspectives on Interconnections between Biophysical & Social Risk Factors[Notes]

• Paul Trader — Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland County; and Vice-chair New York State Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Task Force
• Ann-Margaret Esnard — Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University [Bio]
• Terry Nipp — Executive Director, National Institute for Agricultural Security (NIAS) [Bio]

Background Materials:

• Enserink, Martin. Jan 24, 2003. Go Slow With Smallpox Shots, Panel Says. Science 299 (5606): 486-7 [PDF].
• Koopman, Jim. Nov 15, 2002. Controlling Smallpox. Science 298 (5597): 1342-4 [PDF].
• Flora, Cornelia Butler. 2001. Social Capital is Critical, Even in State of High Alert. Rural Development News 25 (3): http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/rdev/newsletter/Vol25No3-2001/socialcap.html.
• WHO Fact Sheet on Smallpox accessed from http://www.who.int/cemc/diseases/smallpox/factsheet.html.
• Aronson, Stanley M. and Lucille Newman. 2002. God have Mercy on this House: Being a Brief Chronicle of Smallpox in New England. John Carter Brown Library of Brown University. http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-017t.html 10 pages.

4:15
EDEN: Role of the Extension Disaster Education Network in Framing the Land Grant Role in Community Preparedness [Slides–1.06MB] [Handouts–367KB] [Notes]

• Eric Hallman — Director of Cornell Agricultural Health & Safety Program, Cornell University; and Chair, New York Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Task Force
• Mark Hansen — Chair, Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN); as well as Coordinator for Emergency Management Programs, Michigan State University Extension (MSUE); and Extension Specialist in Wildfire Prevention Programs

5:30
Public Seminar:
Communicating SARS — Civil Liberties vs. Community Responsibility [Slides–8.65MB] [Outline–367KB]

• Stewart Auyash — Associate Professor and Chair of Health Policy Studies, Ithaca College [Bio]

A video of the seminar is being developed for more information contact envrisk@cornell.edu

Panelists:

• Richard Beresford — Professor of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School; and Chief of Neurology, Canandaigua VA Medical Center [Bio]
• Bruce Lewenstein — Associate Professor of Science Communication, Department of Communication, and Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University; and Editor, Public Understanding of Science [Bio]

Abstract:

How should community leaders balance civil liberties and concerns about community health during an emergency? What lessons in ethics and action might be learned from how SARS was handled in Singapore, Toronto and elsewhere earlier in 2003?

Background Materials:

• Bloom, Barry. 2003. Lessons From SARS. Science 300 (5620): 701 [PDF].
• Singer, Peter, Ross Upshur, et al. July 14, 2003. Ethics and SARS: Learning from the Toronto Experience. University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/SARS_workingpaper.asp).
• Hoenig, Henry. 16 June 2003. Beijing Goes High-Tech to Block SARS Messages. The New Zealand Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3507534).
• Gostin, Lawrence O, Scott Burris, and Zita Lazzarini. 1999. The Law and the Public's Health: a Study of Infectious Disease Law in the United States. Columbia Law Review 99 : 59-128 [PDF].
• Bruce, Julie. 2003. Bioterrorism Meets Privacy: an Analysis of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Annals of Health Law 12:75-119 [PDF].

7:00
Reception & poster session

[Poster Abstracts]

Participants are encouraged to bring materials pertaining to any of the symposium themes to share and display (e.g., information about preparedness agencies, organizations, networks, funding, and facilities; research and outreach projects; etc.). The poster session will be held in conjunction with the reception at the end of day one and will be open to the public.

8:30
End of the day

8:00 Social Impacts of an "Ag Problem" — Case Study of Foot & Mouth Disease [Slides–1.78MB] [Handouts–1.12MB]

• Alfonso Torres — Director of Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Dean of Veterinary Public Policy, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine; Formerly Chief Veterinary Officer for the US (1999 to 2002) and Director of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Background Materials:

• Sutmoller, Paul, Simon S. Barteling, Raul Casas Olascoaga, and Keith J. Sumption. 2003. Control and Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Virus Research 91 : 101 - 144 [PDF].
• Zinsstag, J. and Weiss, M. Oct 19, 2001. Livestock Diseases and Human Health. Science 294 (5542): 477 [PDF].

9:30
Communicating About Risks in the Community [Slides (Lewenstein)–1.58MB] [Handouts (Lewenstein)–288KB] [Slides(Scherer)–1.58MB] [Handouts(Scherer)–288KB] [Notes]

• Clifford Scherer — Associate Professor of Communication, Cornell University; and Advisor on Risk Communication for the US Food and Drug Administration and the New York State Department of Health [Bio]
• Bruce Lewenstein — Associate Professor of Science Communication, Department of Communication, and Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University; and Editor, Public Understanding of Science [Bio]

Background Materials:

• Scherer, Clifford W. and Napoleon K. Juanillo Jr. 2003. The Continuing Challange of Community Health Risk Management and Communication In Handbook of Health Communication. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Lewenstein, Bruce. 16 June 2003. Models of Public Communication of Science & Technology [PDF].
• Slovic, Paul. 1987. Perception of Risk. Science 236 (17 April): 280-285 [PDF].

10:45
Role of Key Federal, State & Community Partners in Emergency Preparedness [Notes]

• Moderated by: Mike Hoffmann — Associate Director for Agriculture and Food Systems in Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE); as well as Director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYSIPM); and Professor of Entomology, Cornell University [Bio]

Panelists

• Bruce Akey — State Veterinarian/Director (Acting), Division of Animal Industry, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets [Slides–72KB] [Handouts–95.6KB]
• Jacqueline Byers — Director of Research, National Association of Counties (NACO)
• Charles Wright — Regional Director, Region #4, New York State Emergency Management Office (NYSEMO)

1:00pm
Funding Land Grant System research & outreach for biohazard preparedness, response & recovery [Notes]

• Moderated by: Max Pfeffer —Associate Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES); and Professor of Development Sociology, Cornell University
• Ralph Otto — Deputy Administrator for Plant and Animal Systems, (USDA/CSREES)

1:30
Breakout sessions to explore funding proposals & initiatives

1. Creative Tension: Social vs. Biophysical—Role of Politics, Political Pressures & Economics in Developing & Implementing Emergency Plans [Notes]
2. Family and Personal Preparedness versus Community Responsibility [Notes]
3. Strengthening the Role of the Land Grant and Extension System [Notes]
4. Limits & Opportunities: GIS, Database Models, & Technology in Aiding the Community [Notes]

2:30
What is needed, next steps, wrap up

• Stephan J. Goetz — Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD); and Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics, Pennsylvania State University [Bio]
• Rod Howe — Assistant Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and Associate Director of the Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) [Bio]