Speakers and Panelists at the International Conference on Lead Poisoning
Bangalore, February 8-10, 1999

Dr. Abdel-Nasser Mohammed Ahmed
Medical Epidemiologist and Assistant Director
Ministry of Health and Population
Cairo, Egypt

Dr. M. Abdulla
UNESCO Trace Element Institute
Lyon, France

Mr. Richard Ackermann
Manager
South Asia Environment Unit
The World Bank
Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. M. Ahmed
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
New Delhi

Dr. Sameer Akbar
Environmental Health Specialist
The World Bank

Dr. C.V. Anand
Professor of Biochemistry
M.S. Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore

Mr. P.V.R. Ayyar
Indian Oil Corporation
New Delhi

Dr.T.K. Bandyopadhyay
Joint Director,
Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
New Delhi

Dr. U.K. Bhadra
Reader
Department of Community Medicine
Medical College, Calcutta

Dr. R.K. Chandoke
Pathologist
Indira Gandhi E.S.I. Hospital
Delhi

Dr. Ranjana Chaterji
Professor and Head of Department of
Pediatric Medicine,
R.G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta

Dr. Madhulika Chaudhary-Webb
Chemist
Division of Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, USA

Dr. R.K. Choudhury
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Nuclear Physics Division
Mumbai

Dr. Susan Cummins
Chief, Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Branch,California Dept. of Health
California, USA

Admiral Stanley Dawson
Rtd. Chief of Naval Staff, India
Chairman, Project Lead-Free
The George Foundation
Bangalore

Dr. Henry Falk
Director, Division of Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, USA

Mr. Alan Barry Fast
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
New York City Dept. of Health
New York, USA

Dr. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research
New Delhi

Dr. Abraham M. George
Founder and Benefactor of
The George Foundation
Bangalore

Dr. Brian L. Gulson
Professor, Graduate school of Environment
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Dr. Mauricio Hernandez-Avila
Center for Public Health Research, Mexico
Emory University
Atlanta, USA

Dr. Venkatesh Iyengar
President,
Biomineral Sciences, Inc.
Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. Richard Jackson
Director
National Center for Environmental Health
Atlanta, USA

Mr. S.N. Jha
Director
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
New Delhi

Dr. Victor John
Head of Department, Pediatrics
Bangalore Baptist Hospital
Bangalore

Dr. Rachel B. Kaufmann
Epidemiologist
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, NCEH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, USA

Dr. Kamala Krishnaswamy
Director
National Institute of Nutrition
Indian Council of Medical Research
Hyderabad

Dr. Narayani Shiva Kumar
Pathologist
Guru Nanak Hospital
Mumbai

Dr. Madhurima Lahiri
Head of Department of Pediatric Medicine
Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children
Calcutta

Ms. Magda Lovei
Environmental Economist
The World Bank
Washington, D.C., USA.

Dr. M.S. Mahadeviah
Professor and Head of Pediatrics
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences
Bangalore

Dr. P.P. Maiya
Professor and Head of Dept. of Pediatrics
M.S. Ramaiah Medical Collge
Bangalore

Dr. Morri Markowitz
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, USA

Dr. A.F.A. Mascarenhas
Consultant and Project Director
Cantonment X-ray and Laboratory
Bangalore

Dr. Wayne Matson
Founder, Chief Scientist
ESA Laboratories Inc.
Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Thomas Matte
Medical Epidemiologist, CDC
New York Academy of Science
New York, USA

Dr. Jayasri Mitra
Head of Dept. of Community Medicine
R.G. Kar Medical College
Calcutta

Dr. Chiranjit Mukhopadhyay
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore

Mr. M.N. Muralikrshna
Vice President Technical
TVS Suzuki Ltd.
Hosur

Dr. Padmanabhan Nair
Adjunct professor
School of Hygeine and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA

 

 

Dr. Devika Nag
Professor and Head of Dept. of Neurology
King George Medical College
Lucknow

Dr. Herbert Needleman
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, USA

Mr. Bill Nitze
Assistant Administrator
International Activities
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C., USA

Ms. Mieko Nishimizu
Vice President, South Asia Region
The World Bank

Dr. Gary Noonan
Industrial Hygienist
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, USA

Dr. Robert Par
Head, Nutrition and Health Related Environmental Studies
International Atomic Energy Agency, UN
Vienna, Austria

Dr. J. Parikh
Director
National Institute of Occupational Health
Ahmedabad

Dr. H. Parmesh
Director
Lakeside Medical Center and Hospital
Bangalore

Dr. Patrick Parsons
Director, Lead Poisoning Laboratory
New York State Dept. of Health
New York, USA

Mr. A. Perti
Joint Secretary
Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
New Delhi

Dr. Carol Petrowski
Chief of the Surveillance and Programs Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, USA

Dr. Chandra B. Prakash
Motor Vehicle Emissions and Transportation
Ontario, Canada

Dr. Sheila Rajarathanam
Professor and Emeritus
Ramachandra Medical College
Apollo Hospital, Chennai

Mr. B. Ramaiah
Member Secretary
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Bangalore

Mr. P.N. Rangan
AIAM Technical Committee Member
Volvo India Private Ltd.
Bangalore

Dr. Routt Reigart
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School, University of South Carolina
South Carolina, USA

Mr. James Rochow
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. Walter Rogan
Associate Director of Prevention
National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences-
North Carolina, USA

Dr. Isabelle Romieu
Medical Epidemiologist
Pan American Health Organization,
Mexico

Dr. Sandip Roy
Head of the Dept. of Community Medicine
Medical College,
Calcutta

Dr. T. Rozema
Director, Health Research Foundation
South Carolina, USA

Mr. Don Ryan
Director, Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. H.N. Saiyed
Director
National Institute of Occupational Health
Ahmedabad

Dr. Joel Schwartz
Associate Professor
Environmental Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, USA

Dr. P.K. Seth
Director
Industrial Toxicology Research Center
Lucknow

Mr. Jitu Shah
Sr. Environmental Economist
South Asia Environment Unit
The World Bank

Dr. D.C. Sharma
Zonal Officer
Central Pollution Control Board
Bangalore

Dr. P.S. Shankar
Dean and Head of Department of Medicine
K.J. Somaiya Medical College
Mumbai

Dr. Xaio Ming Shen
Director of Lead Screening Program
Shanghai Childrenās Hospital
Shanghai,China

Professor Shivalingaiah
Chairman
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Bangalore

Ms. Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Executive Director,
Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Ellen Silbergeld
Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical School
Baltimore, USA

Dr. Babasaheb Sonowane
Director
Effects Identification and Characterization Group
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington D.C., USA

Dr. M.K. Sudarshan
Professor and HOD of Community Medicine
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences
Bangalore

Mr. M.K. Suri
General Manager & Senior Faculty
Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management
Haryana

Dr. Sushil Tandon
Joint Director
Industrial Toxicology Research Center
Lucknow

Dr. S. Tridech
Secretary General,
Office of Environmental Policy nand Planning
Thailand

Dr. Jude Vaz
Department of Pathology
The Bhandra Holy Family Hospital Society
Mumbai

Dr. T. Venkatesh
Professor and Head
Department of Biochemistry and Physics
St. John's Medical College
Bangalore

Dr. Li Zhu
Chairman and Professor
National Center for Maternal and Infant Health
Beijing Medical University
Beijing, China

 

     

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