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We are pleased to present videos and photos featuring our keynote and panel speakers from the 2010 Women’s Health & the Environment Conference which was held in Pittsburgh on April 21.

If you want to watch a video of the speaker's presentations or review their slides, click on the links below. 

To view photos taken on conference day, visit our gallery by clicking here. 

Finally, if you were at the conference, you might have noticed groups of university journalism students covering the event.   They were participating in a media contest hosted by The Heinz Endowments.  To read more about the contest and the winning team, click here.

Photo Credit: Chatham University Student Media

 Welcome & Introductions

Leslie Davis, President
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

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Opening Address

Teresa Heinz
Chairman, The Heinz Endowments

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Morning Keynote

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA
U.S. Surgeon General

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Morning Panel: New Science

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Moderator: John Peterson Myers, PhD
Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences

Julia G. Brody, PhD  (PowerPoint Presentation)
Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute
 

Patricia Hunt, PhD (PowerPoint Presentation)
Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor in Life and Environmental Science
School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University
 

Beverly Wright, PhD (PowerPoint Presentation)
Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dillard University

Luncheon Keynote

The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

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Afternoon Keynote

Co-Authors Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
Rick Smith, Executive Director, Environmental Defence Canada
Bruce Lourie, President, Ivey Foundation

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Afternoon Panel: New Solutions

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Moderator: John Peterson Myers, PhD
Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences

Will Allen
Founder & CEO, Growing Power

Kenneth Cook
President, Environmental Working Group
 

Alan Greene, MD
Author “Feeding Baby Green” and “Raising Baby Green”
Founder of drgreene.com

Jeanne Rizzo, RN
President and CEO, Breast Cancer Fund

Concluding Remarks

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Teresa Heinz
Chairman, The Heinz Endowments
 

If you're interested in videos from the 2007 and 2008 Pittsburgh conferences, click on Past Conferences.