Speakers

Jens C. Hansen, Associate professor , Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, University of Aarhus. Leader of the AMAP Human Health Group.

Eric Dewailly Professor, Director Unite De Recherche en Sante Publique, Quebec.
Mail: eric.dewailly@crchul.ulaval.ca

Peter Bjerregaard Professor of Arctic Health at the University of Southern Denmark and the Directorate of Health in Greenland.

He was district medical officer in northern Greenland in the early 80's and has dedicated his life to the study of public health in Greenland. His main areas of interest are social epidemiology, diet, and risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. He has been the PI of several countrywide population health surveys in Greenland.
Mail: pb@niph.dk

Eva Bonefeld-Jørgensen Associated Professor in Human Toxicology at the Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

She has been involved in Arctic research since 1997 with focus on Cellular & Molecular Toxicology in humans in relation to exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Her main interest is to explore the basic mechanisms (e.g. integrated xenobiotic serum POP activity in relation to oxidative stress, cancer and genetic susceptibility) of health effects in relation to POP exposure. She has for several years been research leader of a research group including 4 PhD and 1 assistant professor and a technical assistant. The 1^st of May 2008 she will be the head of the Centre of Arctic Environmental Medicine (CAM) at the University of Aarhus. She has many different international contacts and cooperation partly based on participation in several EU projects.

Mail: ebj@mil.au.dk

Arja Rautio M.D., Research professor, Centre for Arctic Medicine, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland

The focus areas of her research are xenobiotic metabolism and pharmaco/toxicokinetic modelling, environmental toxicology, risk assessment (e.g. new biomarkers of chemical exposure) and environmental health. Dr. Rautio has been working as a private doctor in the field of occupational health care over 15 years.

Mail: arja.rautio@oulu.fi

Larissa Abrjutina Director, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON).

Valery P. Chaschin professor. Mechnikov Medical Academy, St.Petersburg, Russia
Mail: valerych@mail.lanck.net

Pal Weihe Chief Public Health Officer. Torshavn, Faroe Island.
Mail: pal@health.fo

Scientific Committee:
Jon Øyvind Odland, University of Tromsø
Kue Young, leader of INCHR and the University of Toronto
Juhani Hassi, University of Oulu