Gift Details

TRAVEL: Plane ticket-- $1056.30; Hotel (2 nights)--$541.00; Meals and misc expenses (3 days)--$ 225.00 in London, United Kingdom. The World Health Organization convened an international meeting to develop a global ``umbrella plan'' for activities on Mode of Action of chemicals, including the establishment of a Mode of Action Database. This strategic planning meeting also responded to recommendations of an ECETOC/ILSI/HESI Workshop on Using Mode of Action Information to Improve Regulatory Decision Making on 2-3 November 2009, London. Issues discussed at the meeting include, 1) for the umbrella plan--key new activities, relationship with existing activities, implementing bodies, resources, and 2) for the database--the purpose of the database, general content and broad criteria for inclusion of data, the ``home'' of the database and its possible management arrangements, resources and relationship to any other relevant data holdings. Dr. Jennifer Seed was invited to attend as she has been involved in the use of mode of action information in human health risk assessment for over 12 years, and was a leader in the development of the WHO/ IPCS Mode of Action Framework which is now being used worldwide in the hazard assessment of chemicals. She participated as a member of the planning group. Rec'd--10/12/ 2010--10/15/2010 Est. Value--$1822.30. TRAVEL: $140 x 3.5 days Per Diem = $490; $235 x 3 days Lodging = $705; $1,195 Total For London, UK from October 12, 2010 to October 16, 2010. Traveler was invited to attend the World Health Organization International Programme on Chemical Safety Harmonization of Approaches on Risk from Exposure to Chemicals Mode of Action Planning Meeting on behalf of USEPA as a result of her expertise in the field of risk assessment and cancer mode of action. Rec'd-- 10/12/2010--10/16/2010 Est. Value--$1,195.00.

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