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                            Symposium Announcement


                  First Annual Schull International Lecture 



            "Commemorating 50 years of Research on the Hiroshima 
            and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors and Their Children" 






October 7-10, 1995
Wyndam Warwick Hotel
5701 Main Street
Houston Texas 77005
Telephone: (713) 526-1991 Fax: (713) 526-0359

Sponsored by the Victoria and William J. Schull Institute (non-profit)


For registration information, contact:

Margaret Dybala
c/o International Center for Solution of Environmental Problems (ICSEP)
535 Lovett Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77006
Phone: (713) 527-8711


PROGRAM

Saturday, October 7, 1995 

        All day - Arrival of participants
        Check-in at Wyndam Warwick Hotel


Sunday, October 8, 1995 
        
        4:00 - 6:00 PM - Historical Remembrances (separate registration)
                         Museum of Natural Sciences, Third Floor
                         William J. Schull, Ph.D., Moderator

       James V. Neel, M.D. -    Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1946-47: 
                                Early Interaction with Civil Authorities


       Carl Tessemer, M.D. -    Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1948-50: 
       (tentative)              Interactions with Occupation Authorities      

       James Yamazaki, M.D. -   The Early Perspective from Nagasaki, 1949-51

       Herman Wigodsky, M.D. -  The National Research Council and Washington
                                View of the Studies: The Formative Years and
                                Interactions with the Atomic Energy Commission

       William Moloney, M.D. -  Leukemia: Early Survey and the First 
                                Estimation of a Dose-response Relationship

       Robert W. Miller, M.D. - The National Research Council and the 
                                Washington View

       Stuart Finch, M.D. -     The Adult Health Study and the Darling Years
       (tentative)    

       Gilbert W. Beebe, Ph.D. - Establishment of a Sound Epidemiological
                                 Program


       6:30-8:30 PM - Reception, Black Tie Optional
                                 Exhibits provided by Atomic Bomb Casualty 
                                 Commission Archives of HAM-TMC and
                                 Amelia Kurth Designs
                        
                                 Music provided by Shepherd School of Music,
                                 Rice University
        

Monday, October 9, 1995   Scientific Program 

        8:00 AM - Greetings, Scientific and Political Milieu - 
                        Itsuzo Shigematsu (RERF)

First Annual Schull International Lecture 
        8:30 AM - Introduction of Lecturer: Leif E. Peterson 
                (Baylor College of Medicine) 1995 Victoria and 
                William J. Schull Institute Program Scholar

                Lecturer: Frank W. Putnam (Indiana University) Fifty 
                Years of Partnership: ABCC, RERF, and the National Academy 
                of Sciences

I. Radiation Physics and Dosimetry - Rapporteur, R. F. Christy 
                (Cal. Instit. of Tech.) 
        
        9:30 AM - Development of the Atomic Bomb - 
                        Robert F. Christy (California Institute of Technology)
        
        10:00 AM - Development of A-Bomb Survivor Dosimetry - 
                        George D. Kerr (ORNL)
        
        10:30 AM - Origin of DS86 - 
                        Dean C. Kaul (SAIC)
        
        11:00 AM - Medical Radiation Exposures of Atomic Bomb Survivors - 
                        Kazuo Kato (Suzugamine Woman's College - 
                        Hiroshima)


II. Cancer Epidemiology - Rapporteur, E. Ron (NIH-NCI) 

        1:00 PM - Studies of Workers Exposed to Low Levels of External 
                        Radiation - Ethel S. Gilbert (Battelle - Pacific 
                        Northwest Laboratory)
        
        1:30 PM - Hiroshima and Nagasaki Tumor Registries and Atomic 
                        Bomb Survivor Cancer Incidence Studies - 
                        Kiyohiko Mabuchi (RERF)

        2:00 PM - A Comparison of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among 
                        Atomic Bomb Survivors - 
                        Elaine Ron (NIH-NCI)


III. Cancer Statistics - Rapporteur, D.L. Preston (RERF) 

        2:30 PM - Statistical Aspects of RERF Cancer Epidemiology - 
                        Donald A. Pierce (RERF)

        3:00 PM - Interaction between radiation dose and other cancer 
                        risk factors - 
                        Charles E. Land (NIH-NCI)

        3:30 PM - Studies of Leukemia Risk in the Atomic Bomb Survivors - 
                        Dale L. Preston (RERF)


IV. Radiation Biology - Rapporteur, J. V. Neel (University of Michigan) 
        
        4:00 PM - Alternative Approaches to Radiation Hazard Assessment - 
                        Victor P. Bond (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

        4:30 PM - Evaluating the Genetic Effects of Exposure to the 
                        Atomic Bombs - 
                        James V. Neel (University of Michigan)

        5:30 PM - Cocktails and Dinner - Texas Style Barbecue with music
                        Introduction of Speaker - 
                        Patricia A. Buffler (University of California - 
                        Berkeley)
                        Speaker: TBA, Department of Energy, 
                        Office of Health Studies


Tuesday, October 10, 1995 

V. Cellular Effects, Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis - Rapporteur, J. E. 
                        Trosko (Michigan State University) 

        9:00 AM - Biodosimetry: Chromosomal Aberrations in Lymphocytes 
                        and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) in Tooth Enamel - 
                        Nori Nakamura (RERF)

        9:30 AM - A Model for Radiation Carcinogenesis Based on 
                        Biodosimetric Principles - 
                        Mortimer L. Mendelsohn (RERF)

        10:00 AM - Radiation Effects Determined by the Glycophorin A 
                        Somatic Mutation Analysis - 
                        Ronald H. Jensen (Univ. of California - San Francisco)

        10:30 AM - Molecular Analysis of in vivo HPRT Mutations in Humans - 
                        Richard J. Albertini (University of Vermont)

        11:00 AM - Radiation, Signal Transduction and Modulation of 
                        Intercellular Communication - 
                        James E. Trosko (Michigan State University)


VI. Psychosocial Factors and Social Responsibilities, - Rapporteur, E. J. 
                        Bromet (State Univ. of New York - Stony Brook) 

        1:00 PM - Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law - 
                        Itsuzo Shigematsu (RERF)

        1:30 PM - Psychological Impact of Nuclear Catastrophes - 
                        Evelyn J. Bromet (State Univ. of New York - 
                                Stony Brook)


VII. Future Studies and Closing 

        2:00 PM - Mechanistic Modeling of Radiation-Induced Cancer - 
                        Mark Little (NRPB)
        
        2:30 PM - The Ultimate Questions: Future Research at RERF - 
                        John D. Zimbrick (NAS)
        
        3:00 PM - Closing Remarks - 
                        Itsuzo Shigematsu (RERF) 




With best regards,

Leif Peterson



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Leif E. Peterson, Ph.D., M.P.H.                    Phone: (713) 798-4614 
Assistant Professor of Medicine                      Fax: (713) 798-3990 
Center for Cancer Control Research          E-mail: peterson@bcm.tmc.edu 
Department of Medicine, ST-924                                           
Baylor College of Medicine               
One Baylor Plaza                          
Houston, Texas  77030                     
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