Manganese Health Research Program Showcase Conference

The Manganese Health Research Program (MHRP), an IMnI-driven 5 year research program totalling over $5M US, and designed to better understand the effects of Mn on human health and fill in knowledge gaps, is coming to completion.  By the time the MHRP comes to an end on January 31, 2010, it will have generated 17 separate studies, involving a total of over 100 scientists from the USA, Europe, Russia and China. 

The MHRP Showcase Conference held outside Washington, D.C, at the end of June, showcased the results of many of the studies.

The research presentations were closely followed by a panel discussion of experts (from academia, regulatory bodies and industry), with the aim of proposing new directions for Mn research. 

Professor Len Levy, Consultant to the IMnI, and Dr Doreen McGough, IMnIs OHES Manager, are currently writing an overview of the MHRP with two distinct aims:

1.                               Highlight outcomes of those projects of short-term relevance to industry;

2.                               Propose future directions for Mn research.

Their overview will be made available to members in the second week of September.