March 2023 STAC Quarterly Meeting

March 14, 2023 - March 15, 2023

The STAC March 2023 Quarterly Meeting was held virtually on March 14th and 15th. The meeting theme was Waterborne Health Risks in our Chesapeake Waters, with presentations and two panels focusing on the topic.

Targeted Outcomes:

• Develop a system-based understanding of the occurrence of human health risks (e.g., in relation to watershed conditions or environmental flow regimes affecting temperature, salinity, redox status, and nutrient status)
• Evaluate whether waterborne health risks are adequately addressed within existing CBP goals, objectives, and management strategies
• Outline critical information/research needs with respect to existing research priorities.

Final Meeting Agenda: 1. FINAL_March Quarterly Meeting Agenda

Meeting Materials: 

• Attendance December 2021-September 2022
• Updated CBP Organization Chart 10.13.22
• Current Membership Contacts
• Membership Term List 12.2.2022
• STAC Member Expertise_Sept 2022
• STAC Operational Guidelines
• STAC Bylaws

Presentations: 

• Update on Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response (CESR) — Denice Wardrop (CRC), Kurt Stephenson (VT)
• Briefing on FY22 STAC workshop, “Improve the Understanding and Coordination of Science Activities for PFAS in the Chesapeake Watershed” — Kelly Smalling (USGS)
• Report out Pennsylvania in the Balance — Lara Fowler (PSU)
• Science Needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program: Climate Change and Resiliency Cohort — Breck Sullivan (USGS), Julie Reichert Nguyen (NOAA), Pam Mason (VIMS), and Alicia Berlin (USGS)
• Brief on the CBP’s Strategy Review System (SRS) Biennial Meeting – Carin Bisland (EPA)
• Introduction to Meeting Theme, Waterborne Human Pathogens and the Chesapeake Bay — Kathy Boomer (FFAR)
• Panel 1: Update on Waterborne Human Health Concerns and Incidence Rates Panelists:
  • Salina Parveen (UMES), Cliff Mitchell (MD Dept. of Health)
  • Eric Schott (Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology)
  • Pat Glibert (UMCES).
• Panel 2: Patterns in Occurrence Across the Bay: Knowns and Unknowns Panelists:
  • John Jacobs (NOAA)
  • Rita Colwell (UMD)
  • Raleigh Hood (UMCES)
  • Harry Wang (VIMS)
  • Andrea Brookfield (University of Waterloo)

Panel Recordings: Waterborne Human Pathogens and the Chesapeake Bay

• Update on Waterborne Human Concerns and Incidence Rates
  Panelists include: Salina Parveen (UMES), Cliff Mitchell (MD Dept. of Health), Eric Schott (Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology) and Pat Glibert (UMCES).
  

• Patterns in Occurrence Across the Bay: Knowns and Unknowns
  Panelists include: John Jacobs (NOAA), Rita Colwell (UMD), Raleigh Hood (UMCES), Harry Wang (VIMS) and Andrea Brookfield (University of Waterloo).
  

 

Final Meeting Minutes: FINAL_March 2023 Quarterly Meeting Minutes