Moderator: Ellen Webb, M.P.H., Energy & Health Program Associate, CEH. Ellen is a public health professional working on energy development and maternal and child health education initiatives as part of CEH’s Healthy Energy Program. TOPIC: “Research Approaches: Challenges & Opportunities” Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) provides a model with the potential to bridge the gaps between its research prominence and the health of its residents. However, this model presents many challenges to researchers as well. We’ll discuss best practices for assessing local and community needs and how to design a sampling study. We will also discuss some of the challenges faced during this process, as well as lessons learned for environmental exposure assessment using community participatory research methodology to evaluate health outcomes from resource extraction and development. SPEAKER BIO: Robert Harrison, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Harris founded and has directed UCSF Occupational Health Services for more than 15 years, and now is a senior attending physician. TOPIC: “Research Challenges, Experimental Methods and Infant Health” We will discuss recent research utilizing quasi-experimental methods to study the impacts of shale gas development on infant health in the US and specifically the links between in utero environment to later life health and educational attainment. We’ll also discuss some of the challenges as well as the best practices and limitations of current research methodologies. SPEAKER BIO: Elaine Hill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Hill is a pioneer in the study of shale gas development and reproductive health. She is currently involved in early origins research, linking in utero environment to later life health and educational attainment.