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BHRC Committee Chair Conference Call Summary June 6, 2002
Participants:
Patrick Beatty, Chair, Technical Committee (TC) Don Burnett, Chair, Oversight Committee (OC) Lynn Russo, Chair, Communications Committee (CC) Paula Podhasky, Staff OC Matt Todd, Staff CC Lorraine Twerdok, Staff OC George Woodall, Staff TC
OCupdate: Gov'tjNGO participation status - awaiting recommendation from TC Postpone First Annual Research Meeting until Summer, 2003 Ethics Panel Charter/Recruitment - Patrick, George & Lorraine will have draft to Dr. Brody by June 15 Outside legal council (Mark Fitzsimmons) - technical brief on May 9; John Wagner to set up conference call with member attorneys. CC will provide copies of Shanghai briefing to M. Fitzsimmons (via Lorraine) Next call Monday, July 1 at 2 PM (EDT)
TCupdate: Research milestone development o Case-control study - case accrual o Disease progression and molecular epidemiology - milestones through 2004 requested from Rick Irons. Case-Control aspects of DP study will also be based on case accrual. Protocol modifications (cuts) if no additional funding is recruited - proposal to OC expected by mid-summer Research progress report & budget updates from investigators due to TC within next few weeks. Proposal to OC for integration of gov'tjNGUs anticipated by mid-July; options include membership in technical committee and/or establishment of a Competent Authorities Panel (higher profile) Lorraine and Patrick [anyone else] to prepare draft of roles and responsibilities of consortium committees (as well as bullet 3 of OC update.)
CCupdate: First draft of key messages in progress; expected to be circulated to OC and TC for comment in ~ 3 wks
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Awaiting recommendations from APCO China on plan for establishing appropriate relations with Chinese government
Outreach informational materials development in progress (for recruitment and other audiences)
Recruitment update: EPA - Stuart Cagen in recent contact with Bill Farland of EPA, and path forward is to send letter to EPA via Bill inviting them to participate EPA funding - if have funds available, would come out of ORD. Patrick has provided Yang Jentai, EPA's liaison with China, technical information on the program & will follow up with Dr. Yang. Kuwaiti - starting to look like a dead-end, per Patrick Petronas - Myron Harrison is in active discussions with contacts make at IPIECA Sino Pec (DS) & Petro China (US) - members are in process of evaluating an potential sensitivities in contacting, as well as finding a contact Dow - June 5 meeting went quite well; interacted with 3 Dow epidemiologists and 4 toxcologists. Dow will now have internal discussions to develop a proposal to move forward, if they can get appropriate company buy-in. Lorraine will contact Dow to try to get business/ funding contacts
Next Conference Call: Thursday, July 11, @ 9 AM EDT
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Benzene Health Research Consortium - Committee Chairs Conference Call Draft Minutes - February 1, 2006
Participants:
Committee Chairs Patsy Clegg, Shell, Oversight Chair Jennifer Galvin, ConocoPhillips, Technical Chair Lynn Russo, ExxonMobil, Communications Chair
Additional Participants Mark Fitzsimmons, Steptoe and Johnson Brian Doll, Oversight Vice Chair Shan Tsai, Technical Committee
API Staff Russ White John Wagner Matt Todd
Antitrust: John Wagner
Oversight Committee Update: Patsy Clegg February 21 consortium meeting
Technical Committee Update: Jennifer Galvin TC will be meeting prior to Feb 21 to prepare update to Oversight
Communications Committee Update: Lynne Russo Key messages updated Chevron rep to CC has changed - new person will be announced Lynne is retiring at end of March - XOM replacement will be announced
API Update: Russ White API RES GC chair, Bob Ridge, updated Refining Committee; SHS was on agenda API staffer for BHRC should be announced by Feb 3
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Action Items Patsy - Send out invitation to consortium to help plan agenda for Feb 21 meeting Lynn - Send updated messages to consortium members Lynn - Send name of new Chevron communications committee rep to consortium members Jennifer - Send copy of Bob Ridge presentation to API Refining committee to consortium members Russ - Send announcement regarding new API staff support person to consortium members Matt - Send reminder re next committee chairs call; add budget committee to agenda
Next Call: March 6, 2 PM EST
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Benzene Health Research Consortium - Committee Chairs Conference Call Draft Minutes - July 22, 2005
Participants:
Committee Chairs Patsy Clegg, Shell, Oversight Chair Jennifer Galvin, ConocoPhillips, Technical Chair Lynn Russo, ExxonMobil, Communications Chair Stuart Cagen, Budget Chair
Additional Participants Mark Fitzsimmons, Steptoe and Johnson Brian Doll, Oversight Vice Chair
API Staff Lorraine Twerdok
Antitrust: Lorraine Twerdok
Oversight Committee Update: Patsy Clegg Response to Mehlman letter sent
Budget Committee: Stuart Cagen 2Q05 Financial report will be ready for Aug 11 call/meeting
Communications Committee Update: Lynne Russo Annual meeting opening and closing remarks to be done in house Provided Jerry Rice a list of potential invitees to SHS Symposium on Nov 4,2005
Technical Committee Update: Jennifer Galvin No update
API Update: Lorraine Twerdok All sponsors have signed contract amendment University of Colorado grant amendment will go out July 25,2005 Working on Fudan University and Applied Health Sciences contract amendments Possibility of financial audits of investigator organizations on agenda for August meeting List Serve change: change "Principal Investigators" to "Investigators"
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Aug 11 call: focus on financial report Aug 11, 17, or 18 meeting: ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville
o Agenda to include: Contracts 2Q05 financial report Annual meeting Symposium Potential audit of grantee/contractors SRPIERP Shanghai visit
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Next Call: September 1, 9 AM EDT
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