Commissioner Adler and Staff Meeting with Expert Panel on Crib Bumpers
Commissioner Robert Adler, Sarah Klein (Chief Counsel), and Jennifer Feinberg (Senior Counsel) will meet with members of the public health and consumer advocacy community to discuss the significant risk of injury or death associated with crib bumpers. Speakers will include Dr. Rachel Moon (Professor of Pediatrics and Division Head of General Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine); Ami Gadhia (Assistant Director of American Academy of Pediatrics, Dept. of Federal Affairs); Dr. N.J. Scheers (Analyst with BDS Data Analytics); Dr. Bradley Thach (Neonatologist with St. Louis Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University); Teri Covington (Director of the National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention); Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (Professor of the Practice with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health); Dr. Andrea Gielen (Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research & Policy); and Nancy Cowles (Executive Director of Kids in Danger).
The meeting will be held from 10:30am-1:00pm, in the CPSC Hearing Room, 4th Floor, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD. Call-in information, agenda and presentation slides are available below and on Commissioner Adler's Statements page.
Agenda: Crib Bumper Expert Panel Agenda
Presentations (will download autiomatically when clicked):
Review of Crib Bumper Deaths - NJ Scheers, PhD.
Bumper Pads as a Factor in Sleep Related Infant and Child Deaths: Data from the National Child Death Review Case Reporting System - Teri Covington, MPH, Director
Crib Bumpers: Maryland's Experience - Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD. Andrea C. Gielen, ScD.
Beyond the IDI's: Dangers of Bumper Pads - Nancy A. Cowles, Executive Director, Kids In Danger
The meeting was requested by Dr. Scheers. For additional information contact Maureen Kentoff, Executive Assistant, at mkentoff@cpsc.gov or (301) 504-7731.
Commissioner Robert Adler, Sarah Klein (Chief Counsel), and Jennifer Feinberg (Senior Counsel) will meet with members of the public health and consumer advocacy community to discuss the significant risk of injury or death associated with crib bumpers. Speakers will include Dr. Rachel Moon (Professor of Pediatrics and Division Head of General Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine); Ami Gadhia (Assistant Director of American Academy of Pediatrics, Dept. of Federal Affairs); Dr. N.J. Scheers (Analyst with BDS Data Analytics); Dr. Bradley Thach (Neonatologist with St. Louis Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University); Teri Covington (Director of the National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention); Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (Professor of the Practice with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health); Dr. Andrea Gielen (Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research & Policy); and Nancy Cowles (Executive Director of Kids in Danger).
The meeting will be held from 10:30am-1:00pm, in the CPSC Hearing Room, 4th Floor, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD. Call-in information, agenda and presentation slides are available below and on Commissioner Adler's Statements page.
Agenda: Crib Bumper Expert Panel Agenda
Presentations (will download autiomatically when clicked):
Review of Crib Bumper Deaths - NJ Scheers, PhD.
Bumper Pads as a Factor in Sleep Related Infant and Child Deaths: Data from the National Child Death Review Case Reporting System - Teri Covington, MPH, Director
Crib Bumpers: Maryland's Experience - Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD. Andrea C. Gielen, ScD.
Beyond the IDI's: Dangers of Bumper Pads - Nancy A. Cowles, Executive Director, Kids In Danger
The meeting was requested by Dr. Scheers. For additional information contact Maureen Kentoff, Executive Assistant, at mkentoff@cpsc.gov or (301) 504-7731.