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.-P CENTER FOR INDOOR AIR RESEARCH MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS December 2 & 3, 1993 CIAR Offices DRAFT Directors Attendees Dr. R. Carchman Dr. L. Mueller Dr. C. Green Dr. G. Patskan Dr. D. Heck Mr. J. Rupp Dr. H. Reif Ms. M. Ward Dr. Dr. A. R. Spears Suber The December 2 & 3, 1993 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Center for Indoor Air Research was convened at 9:00 a.m. by the Chairman, Dr. A. W. Spears. The minutes of the June 17, 1993 Board of Directors meeting were approved. The Board unanimously approved the membership of Svenska Tobaks AB as a Charter Member of CIAR. The Board began discussing and voting to FUND or :NOT FUND each of the following 14 proposals: Abraham, University College London, "Estimation of Nasal Pungency and Other Potencies for VOCs", NOT FUND. Bean, Microbial Insights, Inc., "Quantitative Assessment of the Indoor Air Bioburden with Signature Lipid Biomarkers", NOT FUND. Hubbard, University of Connecticut, "The Biologic Interaction in Particle/Oxidant Gas Induced Lung Injury", NOT FUND. Kan~, University of Kentucky, "Studies on Indoor.411ergen Induced Pulmonary Inflammation", TENTATIVE APPROVAL PENDING :KODIFICATIONS - BOD TO SEE SUBSEQUENTLY. R.J. REYNOLDS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING. Katz, Johns Hopkins University, "Photoinduced Nucleation: The Detection of Indoor Air Pollutants", NOT FUND. Kleeberger, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, "Mechanisms of Chronic Ozone Exposure: Role of Inflammation", NOT FUND.

_ Larson, University of Illinois, "Development and :Kodeling of an ~- Activated Carbon Fiber System for Removing Organics from Indoor Air", NOT FUND. L ttle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, "Characterizing Polymer Materials as Sources of and Sinks for VOCs in Indoor Air", NOT FUND. Liu, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Hygiene and Public Health, "Epidemiology and Genetics of Atopic Asthma", TENTATIVE APPROVAL PENDING MODIFICATIONS - BOD TO SEE SUBSEQUENTLY. P x e, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, "Olfactory Neurogenesis - Toxicant Susceptibility", NOT FUND. Porte , Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, "The Metabolic Fate of Volatile Air Contaminants in Plant Tissue", NOT FUND. Ske11y, The Pennsylvania State University, "Testing the Potential of Indoor Landscape Plants for Bioremediation of Ozone as an Indoor Air Pollutant", NOT FUND. Smith, University of Nebraska Medical Center, "Comparative Mutagenicity of Acrolein and its Epoxides", NOT FUND. Zelikoff, New York University Medical Center, "Wood Smoke Emissions: Effects of Host Pulmonary Immune Defense", FUND WITH MODIFICATIONS FOR 1 YEAR - POSSIBILITY FOR CONTINUATION. R.J. REYNOLDS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING. The Principal Investigators of the funded projects will be informed of CIAR's decision and will be required to respond to the recommendations of the Science Advisory Board and Board of Directors in the form of an Addendum or revised proposal. Upon receipt of a satisfactory addendum, the CIAR will begin contract negotiations with the responsible parties. The next meeting of the BOD will be on February 23, 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, DeAmber 3, 1993. Max Eisenberg, Ph.D. Executive Director