September 13-15, 2009: Credit Union House, Washington, D.C.

This conference was put together to accompany the 2009 Congressional hearing on health effects of cell phone radiation.  Watch 2009 Congressional Hearing on Cell Phone Radiation HERE

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Overview and Introduction – Devra Davis, PhD, MPH

Overview of research and policy issues – Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, STUK, Finland

Comments on searching for mechanisms of harm for radiofrequency signals – Ronald B. Herberman, MD, University of Pittsburgh

Dialogue on Modeling Exposure: Chair: Frank Barnes, PhD, University of Colorado, Chair of National Academy of Sciences Committee on Cell Phone Research Priorities

Mobile phone radiation absorption into the brain of children and adults – Om Gandhi, PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Reliability of the radiation calculations in current studies – Niels Kuster, PhD, IT’IS Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland

Mechanisms and Animal Studies: Chair: Henrietta Nittby, PhD, Lund University, Sweden

Search for mechanisms of cell phone radiation-induced biologic effects – Frank Barnes, PhD, University of Colorado, CO

Evidence for Cellular Stress – Heat Shock Protein Activation – Martin Blank, PhD, Columbia University, NY

Recent Findings on genetic damage at non-thermal levels – Wilhelm Mosgoeller, MD University of Vienna Cancer Institute, Vienna, Austria

National Toxicology Program plans for research – Michael Wyde PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

State of the Art Review: Chair: Wilhelm Mosgoeller, MD

Evidence for cancer-related effects – Henry Lai, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Evidence for non-cancer effects – Leif Salford, MD, Lund University, Sweden

Methodological limitations of existing epidemiologic studies, future research needs and policy implications – Siegal Sadetzki, MD, MPH, Head, Cancer & Radiation Epidemiology Unit Gertner Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

The view from the American Cancer Society – Michael Thun MD, Vice President, American Cancer Society

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