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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Opening session

09:00 - 09:05

Welcoming remarks

João Lavinha, Ambassador of the Portuguese National Hub for Human Biomonitoring

09:05 - 09:20

Activities of the Portuguese National Hub - Past, present and future

Rita Cavaleiro, National Hub Contact Point (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)

Session 1 | How HBM supports risk assessment and policy action

Chair: Susana Viegas (ENSP-NOVA), Ricardo Assunção (INSA), Carina Ladeira (ESTeSL)

09:20 - 09:50

Communicating science for impact 

Catherine Ganzleben (European Environment Agency)

09:50 - 10:20

Anchoring HBM4EU data to chemicals risk assessment 

Maria João Silva (Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge)

10:20 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00

How human biomonitoring has facilitated chemical restrictions - the risk assessment perspective

Mark Blainey (European Chemicals Agency)

11:00 - 11:30

Human biomonitoring in Food Safety and Nutrition: (im)possibilities and challenges

Hans Verhagen (Ulster University | Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy)

11:30 - 11:40

Coffee break

Session 2 | Free communications

Chair: Sónia Namorado (INSA), Paula Alvito (INSA), Isabel Moura (APA) 

11:40 - 11:55

Risk assessment of combined occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium, nickel, and PAHs: a literature-based approach 

A. M. Tavares, S. Viegas, H. Louro, and M. J. Silva

11:55 - 12:10

How Human Biomonitoring data increases knowledge base to support Circular Economy – a case study in the E-Waste industry aiming to assess occupational exposure to chemicals

S. Viegas, C. Ladeira, E. Ribeiro, H. Louro, and M. J. Silva

12:10 - 12:25

Biomonitoring of occupational exposure to a known carcinogen: formaldehyde 

S. Costa, C. Costa, J. Madureira, V. Valdiglesias, A. Teixeira-Gomes, B. Laffon, and J. P. Teixeira

12:25 - 12:40

Urinary neonicotinoids profiles in adults from Aveiro District, NW Portugal

A. C. Sousa, Y. Ikenaka, T. Ichise, S. M. M. Nakayama, S. Souto-Miranda, A. Marques, C. Valente, L.Taborda-Barata, M. R. Pastorinho, and M. Ishizuka

12:40 - 12:55

Biomonitoring of Portuguese nursing mothers: levels of biomarkers of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and infant´s health risks

M. Oliveira, S. Duarte, C. Delerue-Matos, A. Pena, and S. Morais

12:55 - 14:00

Lunch break

Session 3 | Can HBM provide relevant information for tackling actual and new challenges in Public Health?

Chair: Teresa Borges (DGS), Henriqueta Louro (INSA), Ana Tavares (INSA)

14:00 - 14:30

Human biomonitoring (HBM) - a tool to support the health argument in addressing major environmental challenges

Dorota Jarosinska (WHO European Centre for Environment and Health)

14:30 - 15:00

"It's those things that the plastics we use in our daily life have...": Portuguese citizens' attitudes and beliefs on chemical exposure and human biomonitoring

Ricardo R. Santos (Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa)

15:00 - 15:30

Perfluoralkyl substances (PFAS): an example for priority substances under HBM4EU

Maria Uhl (Environment Agency Austria)

15:30 - 15:40

Coffee break

Session 4 | Free communications

Chair: Carlos Dias (INSA), Edna Ribeiro (ESTeSL), Joana Costa (FMUL) 

15:40 - 15:55

The genotoxicity of an organic solvent mixture: a human biomonitoring study and translation of a real-scenario exposure to in vitro

C. Ladeira, G. Gajski, M. Meneses, M. Gerić, and S. Viegas

15:55 - 16:10

Biomonitoring of metals and minerals in urine in a population of Portuguese school-aged children: deriving reference values

I. Rebelo, V. C. Fernandes, E. Keating, J. C. Leite, D. Teixeira, M. L. Maia, S. Norberto, E. Pinto, A. Moreira-Rosário, D. Sintra, B. Moreira, A. Costa, S. Silva, V. Costa, I. Martins, F. C. Mendes, P. Queirós, A. Guerra, M. Fontoura, I. P. Carvalho, R. M. Lima, C. Martins, C. Delerue-Matos, A. Almeida, L. Azevedo, C. Calhau, and D. Pestana

16:10 - 16:25

Biomarker-validated maternal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure status and its associations with perinatal outcomes 

A. I. Silva, A. Camelo, J. Madureira, A. T. Reis, F. Barbosa Jr, J. P. Teixeira, and C. Costa

16:25 - 16:40

Human trials addressing environmental toxicant exposures: scoping review of immunological and endocrine markers and protective strategies

D. Marques-da-Silva, P. Videira, and R. Lagoa

16:40 - 16:55

Feasibility of a silicone membrane for mimicking skin absorption of environmental toxicants: experimental studies with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

J. Silva, D. Marques-da-Silva, and R. Lagoa

16:55 - 17:10

Concluding remarks and closure

João Lavinha, Ambassador of the Portuguese National Hub for Human Biomonitoring

Maria João Silva (Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge)

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