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Revision of directions to the Baltimore-Washington Chapter, HPS meeting



Sorry for the errors.



-- John 

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)   

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TITLE:  Informing Research Subjects About Radiation Risks 



LECTURERS:

Lisa Coronado, Clinical Protocol Administrator, Radiation Safety Committee,

National Institutes of Health



Shawn Googins, CHP, Chief, Technical Services Section, Radiation Safety

Branch, National Institutes of Health



LOCATION:  

NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center) Recreation Center

(See security requirements and directions listed below)



DATE:  Thursday, October 18, 2001



ABSTRACT:  The NIH Clinical Center supports approximately 950 clinical

protocols for intramural research.  Most protocols use radiation as

"medically indicated."  In 150 of these protocols, the radiation exposure is

described as "research indicated" and must be reviewed and approved by the

NIH Radiation Safety Committee (RSC).  Also, all exposures of healthy

clinical research volunteers and protocols conducted with certain

radioactive research drugs must be reviewed and approved by the RSC.  To

increase the efficiency of the protocol review and approval process,

minimize stipulations to approval, and improve the communication of

information to prospective subjects, the RSC undertook the following

initiatives: Pre-submission assistance and review service; use of electronic

dissemination of protocol applications and communications; adoption of

effective dose to quantify and compare radiation risk; revision of radiation

exposure guidelines for research subjects; development of informed consent

templates that simplify presentation of radiation risk; development of a

supplementary informational pamphlet for research subjects; and creation of

a protocol assistance website.  These services are now available.  New dose

guidelines and consent statements are currently incorporated into new

protocols and submissions for amendment or triennial review. 



This presentation will focus on the issue of clinical studies involving

research radiation, calculating/estimating the radiation risk, and

presenting the information in a meaningful way to prospective subjects.



COST:		

Members:	$17.00

Nonmembers:	$20.00	



AGENDA:	

Social Hour:	6:00 to 7:00 P.M.	

Dinner:	7:00 to 7:45 P.M.

Speaker:	7:45 to 8:45 P.M.



MENU:

Entree selections include:  Shrimp, Prime Rib, and Vegetarian Pasta.



RESERVATIONS:

Due to security restrictions, ALL ATTENDEES MUST PRE-REGISTER BY COB

10/12/01!  Please e-mail your reservation to joel.rabovsky@eh.doe.gov or if

you have no email access, call Joel Rabovsky at 301-903-2135. 



NEW SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:  



Due to the increased safety oversight at our facility, attendees must be

escorted onto the facility.  



1.  A full list of names of attendees will be prepared and submitted to

Goddard Space Flight Center Security three days in advance of the dinner

meeting.  Non-US citizens will not be admitted without prior approval from

the Goddard Space Flight Center Director's office through normal channels.

(Call John Speargas at 301 286-7233 for information on obtaining prior

approval.)  Individuals who show up at the East Campus gate just off of Soil

Conservation Road and whose names do not appear on the list must report to

the Greenbelt Road Main gate and request an escort by calling the Recreation

Center at 6-8440.



2.  A badged GSFC employee will provide personnel and vehicle entry/escort

at the East Campus gate every 10 minutes from 5:45 PM until 6:45 PM.

Visitors will be held up until the escort arrives and all visitor vehicles

will be subject to search by the gate guards.  Carpooling is recommended. 



3.  No one will be admitted to the East Campus after 6:45 PM unless they

report to the Main gate and request an escort.  No one will be admitted to

the meeting after 7:30 PM.



DIRECTIONS:

·  From Capital Beltway (I-495) North: Exit 23, Route 193 E. Follow 193 East

to Soil Conservation Road (The first traffic light after the traffic light

at the Main Gate).  Turn LEFT and follow Soil Conservation Road up the hill

for about ¼ mile.  The East Gate is on the RIGHT.



·  From Capital Beltway (I-495) South: Exit 22A, Route 193 E. See directions

above to East Gate 



·  From Balt-Wash. Parkway (I-295): Exit to Route 193 E. See direction above

to East gate.

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