Dr. Marshall Cheung visits Tukey Lab at UCSD

Dr. Marshall Cheung, director of the 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Tribal Science lab, visited UCSD on July 28th. Dr. Robert Tukey, the director of UCSD's Superfund Basic Research Program, gave Dr. Cheung a tour of his lab and an overview of the SBRP program at UCSD. Others who also took part in the tour include staff from the 29 Palms EPA lab, Ian Kanair (the

Environmental and Natural Resources Director for theSnoqualmie Tribe), Richard Marciano (SDSC) and Keith Pezzoli (Urban Studies and Planning).

29 Palms EPA Laboratory web site: http://www.tepa29.org/index.html

SBRP Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core Exhibit

UCSD's SBRP Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core will be on display in the San Diego Convention Center at the ESRI International Users Conference (July 25-29). It is one of the world's premier showcases of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Any UCSD faculty member can get a one day free pass; it is well worth exploring to see the use of GIS in environmental health applications. A Map gallery opens to the public on Monday evening. The conference web site is at:
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html

Tribal Science

The Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians in Coachella, California has developed a state accredited environmental laboratory that has been providing a much needed service to tribes throughout southern California and beyond. The lab, which has separate departments for microbiology, organic and inorganic chemistry and pesticides analysis, includes an aggressive quality assurance program to ensure accuracy and integrity. On July 14, 2005 the co-leaders of UCSD's SBRP Community Outreach Core (Keith Pezzoli, David Pellow and Richard Marciano) met with Dr. Marshall Cheung (the Director of the 29 Palms Tribal EPA lab). Dr. Cheung is also the representative for National EPA-Tribal Science Council (TSC), Region 9:

http://www.epa.gov/osp/tribes/tribal/who.htm