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Benzene Health Research Consortium Technical Committee Draft Minutes EA Conference Call - 14 Dec 2004 Participants Michael Bird (ExxonMobil) Steve Bowes (ExxonMobil) Don Burnett (BP) Stuart Cagen (Shell Chemical) Jennifer Galvin (ConocoPhillips) Shan Tsai (Shell Chemical) Rob Schnatter (1 sl hr; EMBSI) Otto Wong (1 sl hr; AHS) Mark Fitzsimmons (Steptoe & Johnson) Bruce Jarnot (API) Lorraine Twerdok (API) Administrative Items Conference Call conducted in accordance with API antitrust guidelines Russ White (ChevronTexaco) will replace Patrick Beatty on Technical Committee (TC) Agenda: o 1sl hour: discuss and review the Shanghai Health (SHS) Case Control (CC) study and Exposure Assessment (EA) with Dr. Wong o 2nd hour: Develop TC update for Oversight Committee meeting on 12/16/04 Review of SHS CC Study with Dr. Wong Matching criteria for Controls was changed to in-patient population, May 2004 In-patient Case & Control questionnaires completed within 3-4 business days QA review of exposure assessment summarized EMBSI timeline reviewed; current sub-contract expires 8/06 Case accrual estimate: 500+ AML, 350-400 NHL through 12/06 Dr. Wong will return to Shanghai mid-January 2005 Draft, pending revision & approval Page 1of2 SH ELL-MCCLU RG-057064 Benzene Health Research Consortium Technical Committee Draft Minutes EA Conference Call - 14 Dec 2004 TC feedback for Oversight Committee (OC) meeting TC to initiate regular PI calls with Dr. Fu TC to continue regular dialog with Drs. Wong & Irons TC to discuss Joint Clinical Molecular Lab (JCML) operations with Dr. Irons TC to assist OC in developing transition plan options for JCML TC to consider Fudan University-JCML clinical laboratory transition meetings with Dr. Rice (Chair, Science Review Panel) & TC representatives TC to highlight state-of-the-art achievements to date in SHS studies TC exploring independent funding (e.g., ILSI or HESI) opportunities for JCML tissue bank Draft, pending revision & approval Page 2 of2 SH ELL-MCCLU RG-057065