Armenian Environmental Network
1543 N. Falkland Lane #120
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web: www.armenvironment.net
Contact: Serda Ozbenian
Tel: (443) 850-0146
Email: [email protected]
PRESS RELEASE
January 31, 2008
AEN to Host Policy Discussion at World Bank on the Environment and
Public Health in Armenia
WASHINGTON, DC--The Armenian Environmental Network (AEN) is hosting a
policy discussion on `Current Challenges to Environment and Public
Health in Armenia: A Policy Discussion' on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
at the World Bank in Washington.
The main speakers will be Dr. George Jakab and Dr. Charles Dunlap, who
will discuss recent research on emerging environmental health threats
in Armenia, and threats to public health in Armenia from lead
pollution and pathogens in public swimming waters.
`AEN's mission is to present to the diasporan community urgent
environmental issues that are impacting the Armenian nation,' said AEN
Director Ursula Kazarian. `We are proud to be one of the first groups
in the Armenian Diaspora to present original environmental research as
a live event for public review and discussion. We hope the community
will take advantage of the participation of these knowledgeable
experts and bring questions of science as well as of policy.'
George Jakab is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is a
respiratory toxicologist who teaches and researches environmental
health at Johns Hopkins as well in Armenia and Pakistan. Dr. Jakab is
experienced in environmental health problems in transitional societies
and will present data from recent research by his public health
masters students in Yerevan.
Charles Dunlap is a senior program manager at the US Civilian Research
and Development Foundation. He was an assistant professor at American
University of Armenia from 1999-2004 and director of AUA's
Environmental Conservation and Research Center. Dr. Dunlap's research
includes the use of lead isotope analysis to trace the origin and
movement of lead contamination, and he currently oversees
international science programs at the US Civilian Research and
Development Foundation.
This is the second in a series of environmental discussions hosted by
AEN in Washington. The first, `Deforestation in Armenia and the Path
to Recovery,' was held at the World Bank on April 9, 2007. Panelists
included Frauke Jungbluth, senior rural development economist at the
World Bank, Jeffrey Tufenkian, president of Armenian Forests NGO, and
Jeff Masarjian, executive director of Armenia Tree Project.
The February 6 event is open to the public and it will be held from
6:30 to 8:00 pm at the World Bank, Building J (across 18th Street from
the main building), Room J-1-050 (Info Shop), in Washington. For more
information and to RSVP for the event, contact AEN Assistant Director
Serda Ozbenian at (443) 850-0146 or [email protected].
1543 N. Falkland Lane #120
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web: www.armenvironment.net
Contact: Serda Ozbenian
Tel: (443) 850-0146
Email: [email protected]
PRESS RELEASE
January 31, 2008
AEN to Host Policy Discussion at World Bank on the Environment and
Public Health in Armenia
WASHINGTON, DC--The Armenian Environmental Network (AEN) is hosting a
policy discussion on `Current Challenges to Environment and Public
Health in Armenia: A Policy Discussion' on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
at the World Bank in Washington.
The main speakers will be Dr. George Jakab and Dr. Charles Dunlap, who
will discuss recent research on emerging environmental health threats
in Armenia, and threats to public health in Armenia from lead
pollution and pathogens in public swimming waters.
`AEN's mission is to present to the diasporan community urgent
environmental issues that are impacting the Armenian nation,' said AEN
Director Ursula Kazarian. `We are proud to be one of the first groups
in the Armenian Diaspora to present original environmental research as
a live event for public review and discussion. We hope the community
will take advantage of the participation of these knowledgeable
experts and bring questions of science as well as of policy.'
George Jakab is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is a
respiratory toxicologist who teaches and researches environmental
health at Johns Hopkins as well in Armenia and Pakistan. Dr. Jakab is
experienced in environmental health problems in transitional societies
and will present data from recent research by his public health
masters students in Yerevan.
Charles Dunlap is a senior program manager at the US Civilian Research
and Development Foundation. He was an assistant professor at American
University of Armenia from 1999-2004 and director of AUA's
Environmental Conservation and Research Center. Dr. Dunlap's research
includes the use of lead isotope analysis to trace the origin and
movement of lead contamination, and he currently oversees
international science programs at the US Civilian Research and
Development Foundation.
This is the second in a series of environmental discussions hosted by
AEN in Washington. The first, `Deforestation in Armenia and the Path
to Recovery,' was held at the World Bank on April 9, 2007. Panelists
included Frauke Jungbluth, senior rural development economist at the
World Bank, Jeffrey Tufenkian, president of Armenian Forests NGO, and
Jeff Masarjian, executive director of Armenia Tree Project.
The February 6 event is open to the public and it will be held from
6:30 to 8:00 pm at the World Bank, Building J (across 18th Street from
the main building), Room J-1-050 (Info Shop), in Washington. For more
information and to RSVP for the event, contact AEN Assistant Director
Serda Ozbenian at (443) 850-0146 or [email protected].