Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, August 2025

Agenda

Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
August 27, 2025: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Attendees can join the meeting via the webinar online or in the Klamath Training Room
on the 2nd floor of the CalEPA Building at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA. 
All times shown below are approximate and subject to change.

 

Logistics (~9:59 am)
        Rebecca Belloso, MPH, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Welcome (~10:00 am)
        Kris Thayer, PhD, Director, OEHHA

Overview of the Meeting (~10:10 am)
        Acting Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)

Program Update (~10:15 am)
        Presentation: Nerissa Wu, PhD, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
        Panel and Audience Questions
        Panel Discussion and Input

Results from the Biomonitoring component of the San Joaquin Valley Pollution and
Health Environmental Research Study (BiomSPHERE) (~10:50 am)
        Presentation: Aalekhya Reddam, PhD, OEHHA
        Panel and Audience Questions
        Panel Discussion

Lunch (~11:50 am)

Science You Can Wear: The Silicone Wristband Journey from Bench to Biomonitoring (~1:05 pm)
        Presentation: Kim Anderson, PhD, Professor, Department of Environmental and
            Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University
        Panel and Audience Questions

Using Silicone Wristbands to Assess the Personal Chemical Exposome: Strengths and Limitations (~1:45 pm)
       Presentation: Heather Stapleton, PhD, MS, Professor, Division of Environmental Natural Science and           
            Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
       Panel and Audience Questions

Break (~2:25 pm)

Discussion: Use of Silicone Wristbands to Complement Biomonitoring Studies (~2:40)
        Background document: Selected references on silicone wristbands 
        Introduction to the Discussion Session: OEHHA
        Discussion with Panel, Guest Speakers, and Audience

Open Public Comment (~3:45 pm)
        Submission from Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai 

Wrap-up and Adjournment (~4:00 pm)