The fourth conference, “Inhaled Aerosol Dosimetry: Advances, Applications and Impacts on Risk Assessments and Therapeutics”, was also held at “The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering”, Irvine, California, October 16-18, 2024. It attracted 66 attendees including graduate students from seven nations (USA, Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and S. Korea) and 52 papers and posters were presented. There were two highlighted sessions, number 5 and 6 in the program, on in vitro aerosol exposures and exposure systems. Keynote/Overview papers were delivered by Dr. Annie Jarabek (U.S. EPA), Dr. Gunter Oberdorster (U of Rochester), Dr. Jesssica Murray (U.S. EPA), Dr. Roger McClellan (Toxicology and Risk Analysis), Dr. Ross Walenga (U.S. FDA), and Dr. Ron Wolff (RK Wolff Safety Consulting, Inc.). See abstracts AB 52, 03, 04, 34 & 39, 50, and 41 respectively for these presentations. There were three awards to students for Outstanding Research, and a hosted luncheon where graduate students had open discussions with established scientists representing academia, government, pharmaceutical industry, and consultants. Discussions and written comments after the last session produced several recommendations that are to be published. And peer-reviewed papers from the conference are to be published in a Virtual Special Issue, “Inhaled Aerosol Dosimetry of the Journal of Aerosol Science, edited by Dr. Phalen (UC Irvine), Dr. Darquenne (UC San Diego), and Dr. Golshahi (Virginia Commonwealth University). The concluding open discussion addressed the need for another future conference and for the attendees to increase their collaborations.
Sponsors
NIH/NIEHS, U.S. EPA, ISAM, UC Irvine Advancement, and The Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, The Department of Environmental Health in The Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, and the Department of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health.