Role of Environmental Chemicals in the Development of Diabetes and Obesity

Workshop Presentations Tuesday - January 11, 2011 Introductions, Overview, and Charge - Dr. Michael Gallo Workshop format and process to develop and finalize the NTP monograph - Dr. Kristina Thayer Bioinformatics and high throughput screening (HTS) Breakout Group Presentations: “Overview of the Tox21 collaboration” – Dr. Ray Tice “Training session to learn how to access Tox21 data”– Dr. Richard Judson “Demo of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) Human Pathway Universe” – presented by Dr. Ray Tice on behalf of Dr. Ruili Huang Wednesday - January 12, 2011 Breakout Group Report: Organotins and phthalates - Dr. Kim Boekelheide Breakout Group Report: BPA, steriod hormones and thyroid hormones - Dr. Ted Schettler Breakout Group Report: Nicotine and pesticides - Dr. Allison Holloway Breakout Group Report: Arsenic and other metals - Dr. Dana Loomis Breakout Group Report: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Dr. Raymond Novak Breakout Group Report: Bioinformartics and HTS approaches - William Janzen Plenary lecture: "An environmental-wide association study on Type 2 diabetes mellitus" - Chirag Patel Thursday - January 13, 2011 Research Strategies and Critical Data Needs: Common Themes - Dr. Michael Gallo Research Strategies and Key Data Needs (Breakout Group A) - Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis Research Strategies and Key Data Needs (Breakout Group B) - Dr. Morris White Research Strategies and Key Data Needs (Breakout Group C) - Dr. Lars Lind Research Strategies and Key Data Needs (Breakout Group D) - Dr. James Kaput General Discussion: Comments by Dr. David Jacobs Closing Comments - Dr. Michael Gallo