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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Announces 2010 Conference

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announces their 2010 conference will be held April 9-11 at the Marriott Renaissance in Chicago, Illinois. The theme focuses on ADAO’s global mission: Action to Prevent, Detect and Treat Asbestos-Related Diseases.

The conference, sponsored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Institute and the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, will feature sessions including information on preventing asbesos exposure, identifying occupational and non-occupational exposure, public health and environmental aspects, as well as early warning symptoms and trauma for asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma.

Conference awards will be presented to individuals who have made a difference in their work towards ADAO’s mission and towards raising awareness of asbestos-related diseases.

The recipient of the Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award is Dr. Hedy Kindler. Dr. Kindler is the Director of the Mesothelioma Program and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Hematology/Oncology and a Member of the Cancer Research Center at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Kindler who is also on the Science Advisory Board of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation will be presenting several sessions at the conference including “Advances in Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment.”

See the full agenda and list of award recipients for the ADAO conference.