International Hormesis Society - 2006 Conference Overview

2006 Conference Overview

Title and Site for International Hormesis Society’s 2006 Annual Conference June 6 – 8, 2006	HORMESIS 2006: IMPLICATIONS FOR TOXICOLOGY, MEDICINE, AND RISK ASSESSMENT University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA US
Conference Coordinator	Denise Leonard, MSc
Registration Fees	Full Three Days: $399 Full Three Days for International Hormesis Society Members: $299 Government and Academic Rate: $199 Government and Academic Rate for International Hormesis Society Members: $149 Student Rate: $99 Student Rate for International Hormesis Society Members: $74
Award Recipient for “Outstanding New Researcher in the Field of Hormesis”	Instituted in 2007
Award Recipient for “Outstanding Senior Researcher in the Field of Hormesis”	Instituted in 2007
Platform Presentation: Plenary	Moderator: Paul Kostecki, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Phytochemical Hormesis Mark P. Mattson, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD Biphasic Dose-efficacy in Antiangiogenic Therapy Judah Folkman, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA How Does the Concept of Adaptive Response In Radiation Relate to the Concept of Radiation Hormesis? Ron Mitchel, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada Hormesis in Carcinogenesis: Evidence for a Threshold in Carcinogenicity of Non-Genotoxic Environmental Carcinogens Shoji Fukushima, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
Platform Presentation: Radiation	Moderators: Bobby Scott, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM Carmel Mothersill, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Protective Bystander Effects Following Low Dose Ionizing Radiation Exposure Carmel Mothersill, M. Kilemade, W. Prestwich, Alicia O’Neill, Zhengfeng Liu, CB Seymour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Adaptive Response in pKZ1 Mouse Prostate after Whole Body Exposure to Very Low X-Radiation Doses Tanya Day, Gouxin Zeng, Antony M. Hooker, Flinders University and Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia Madhava Bhat, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, Adelaide, Australia David R. Turner, Pamela J. Sykes, Flinders University and Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia Radiation-Induced Neoplastic Transformation In Vitro, Hormesis and Risk-Assessment Leslie Redpath, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA Low Dose Radiation Exposure and Modulation of High Dose Effects on Embryogenesis and Heritable Mutations Douglas R. Boreham, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Prolongation of Life Span of Disease Model Mice by Low Dose Rate Irradiation Kazuo Sakai, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Tokyo, Japan Biological System Response to Ionizing Radiation Invalidates the Linear-No-Threshold-Hypothesis Ludwig F. Feinendegen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY and Heinrich-Heine-University, Duseseldorf, Germany Myron Pollycove, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Ronald D. Neumann, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Smoking and Hormesis as Confounding Factors in Radiation Pulmonary Carcinogenesis Charles L. Sanders, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Bobby Scott, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Platform Presentation: Toxicology	Moderator: James E. Klaunig, Indiana University of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Oxidative Stress: Dose Responses and Application to Hormesis Lisa Kamendulus, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Arsenic Induced Hormesis: Underlying Mechanisms and Timing Elizabeth T Snow, Troy R Durham, Robert M Kozlovski, Peter Sykora, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC Australia Unraveling the Mechanisms behind Hormesis in Plants Nina Cedergreen, Jens C. Streibig, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Tåstrup, Denmark, Stephen O. Duke, USDA, University of Mississippi, University, MS Hormesis Model Dominates Threshold Model in Large Scale NCI Anti-tumor Drug Screening Data Edward J. Calabrese, Edward J. Stanek III, John W. Staudenmayer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, George R. Hoffmann, Holy Cross College, Worchester, MA Nonlinear Dose-Response Mechanisms –Simulation with Bio-Mathematical Models Helmut Schöllnberger, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Ronald E.J. Mitchel, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC W. Hofmann, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Platform Presentation: Practical Issues When Using Hormesis in Risk Assessment	Moderator: Mike Dourson, TERA, Cincinnati, OH Risk Assessment and Recognizing Hormesis during Hazard Identification Beth Doyle, EPA, Washington D.C. Incorporating Mode of Action Understanding of Hormesis into Dose Response Assessment Lynne T. Haber, Andrew Maier, Michael L. Dourson, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA), Cincinnati, OH Fluoridation as a Case Study in Hormesis Chris DeRosa, ATSDR, Atlanta, GA Meta-Hormesis for Uncertain Risks: Arsenic as a Case Study Louis Anthony (Tony) Cox, Jr., Cox Associates, Denver, CO Detailed Case Study of Hormesis for Radiation Colin Seymour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada U-shape Symmetrical Risk Assessments on Long-Term Deficiency Diseases such as Aging and Cancer Jaap Hanekamp, HAN, The Netherlands Open and Panel Discussion on the Practical Issues of Using Hormesis in Risk- Assessment
Platform Presentation: Biomedical	Moderator: John Ives, Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA Memory Molecules and Hormones John E. Morley, Susan A. Farr, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, MO Biphasic Dose Response of Steroid Hormone Action Roberta Diaz Brinton, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Role of Hormesis in Life Extension by Caloric Restriction Edward Masoro University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX Hormesis, Control Theory, and Substance Use Disorders David B. Newlin, RTI International, Baltimore, MD Medical and Therapeutic Radiation Hormesis: Preventing and Curing Cancer Bobby Scott, Jennifer Di Palma, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM Streptolysis O Enhances Keretinocyte Migration and Proliferation and Promotes Skin Organ Cuture Wound Healing Marjana Tomic-Canic, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY Stephen W. Mamber, Beech Tree Labs, Delanson, NY Olivera Stojadinovic, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY Brian Lee, Genentech, San Francisco, CA Nadezda Radoja, NIAMS, Bethesda MD John McMichael, Beech Tree Labs, Delanson, NY
Luncheon Speaker: J. Samuel Walker, Ph.D., Historian, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC	Three Mile Island: A Case for Why We Need Good History
Luncheon Speaker: Richard J. Pech Director of Research at the Graduate School of Management, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia	Stress Response Mechanisms: From Single Cells to Multinational Organizations
Dinner Panel Discussion Participating Journalists: Trevor Knoblich, Associate Editor, Risk Policy Report, Inside EPA News Rebecca Renner, Freelance David Stipp, Fortune	The Media and Hormesis Several Journalists who have published articles on hormesis in leading national publications discussed strategies, goals, and challenges when writing about controversial topics such as hormesis.
Poster Sessions (Partial List)	Contrasting Effects of LDR in Normal and Tumor Tissues Lu Cai, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY Empirical Models for Hormesis Nina Cedergreen, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Taastrup, Denmark Christian Ritz, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark Jens Carl Streibig, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Taastrup, Denmark Identifying Non-linear Radiation Dose Responses In Vivo: Exploring Bystander Effects Benjamin J. Blyth, Tanya K. Day, Pamela J. Sykes, Flinders University and Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia Expected Lives Saved due to Medical, Therapeutic, Environmental and other Forms of Radiation Hormesis Jennifer Di Palma, Bobby R. Scott, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM Effects of Low Doses of Dietary Lead on Red Blood Cell Production in Three Successive Generations of Swiss Mice Ivo Iavicoli, Giovanni Carelli, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Hormesis as a Confounding Factor in Epidemiological Studies of Radiation Carcinogenesis Charles L. Sanders, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea