ABIH Letter

The 2007 OK AIHA Spring Conference will be held April 17, 2007 at the Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City. This full-day conference is entitled, “Industrial Hygiene Issues for Pandemic or Bioterrorism Events”. We have some great speakers lined up:

Dina Matz, CIH, CSP, CBSP - chair of the AIHA Biosafety and Environmental Biology Committee. This Committee recently released the publication, The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in a Pandemic (AIHA Guideline 7-2006)

Michael A. Pannell, PhD, CIH - Director of Health and Safety at the Regional Veterans Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Pannell will speak on the VA’s planned response to a pandemic flu outbreak and has an interesting presentation on the recent polonium 210 poisoning of the Russian spy.

Aaron Trippler - Director of Government Affairs for AIHA. He will give us an update on pertinent legislative activities happening in Washington and at the state levels.

Shawna McWaters-Khalousi - Chief of Terrorism Preparedness and Response at the OK State Department of Health. She will provide information on Oklahoma’s Preparedness and Response program.

Ron Micue, MS - System Environmental Manager for Integris Health. He will provide an overview of what hospitals are doing to prepare for a pandemic or bioterrorism event.

Conference rates are:

• $100 per person – Early Registration (OK AIHA Members) received by April 12, 2006
• $125 per person - Early Registration (Non-members) received by April 12, 2006
• $120 per person – Regular Registration (Ok AIHA Members) received after April 12, 2006
• $145 per person – Regular Registration (Non-members) received after April 12, 2006
• $50 per person – Student Registration

Download a brochure (PDF)

 Vendors wishing to display a booth may contact either Jim Folsom (jfolsom@okaiha.org) or Cheri Marcham (cmarcham@okaiha.org) for information.

See you there!