Fwd: NIEHS PEPH Mapping Webinar on May 7!
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The NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Webinar - Mapping and Environmental Public Health: Visualizing Health Disparities and the Effects of Pollution takes place on Monday, May 7th from noon to 1:30pm. Four Columbia SRP Scientists, Lex van Geen, Steve Chillrud, Meredith Golden, and Tricia Chai-Onn, will discuss the use of mapping and spatial technology in their research. If you are interested in participating in the webinar, Please register at http://bit.ly/PEPH_Mapping.
Please join us for the next PEPH Webinar!
Mapping and Environmental Public Health: Visualizing Health Disparities
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Date: May 7, 2012 Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET |
Please register at http://bit.ly/PEPH_Mapping (registration required) |
Description: Geographic risk assessment is an increasingly viable methodology for visualizing and tracking factors that feed into health disparities such as access to care or proximity to Superfund or other known sources of pollution. GIS mapping, and other less sophisticated mapping tools, are also being used for establishing patterns of disease prevalence or the effects of air, water, or chemical pollution on susceptible populations, or for identifying populations at risk for the cumulative effects of ongoing exposures and disaster events (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, oil spills). This webinar will explore cases where mapping has been utilized to elucidate health disparities, disease prevalence, and their relation to geography and sources of pollution. Questions, insights, and suggestions from the webinar audience are welcome.
“Field
kits for arsenic, hand-held GPS receivers, and Google
Earth: key technologies for reducing exposure to arsenic
contained in groundwater across South and Southeast Asia.” –
Alexander van Geen, Ph.D.
The focus of this presentation will be what has been called by Allan Smith, a leading cancer epidemiologist at UC Berkeley, “the largest poisoning of a population in history”, which is due to naturally elevated arsenic (As) concentrations in groundwater pumped from tens of millions of shallow tubewells across South and Southeast Asia. On the basis of data from studies supported by the Superfund Research Program and other sources since 2000, van Geen will make the case that there is a sustainable solution that relies on private entrepreneurship and two simple technologies, (1) a field kit for measuring As, and (2) a hand-held GPS receiver for data entry in the field.
“The air we breathe in NYC and spatial variability”
Steven Chillrud, Ph.D.
Intercity
variations in airborne particulate matter has been repeatedly
associated with negative health outcomes within study
populations, driving environmental policy for decades.
However intracity spatial variability drives exposures and
health outcomes for people living in cities. Chillrud will
discuss spatial and temporal variations in specific
particle-associated air pollutants in NYC from both regional
and local sources, as well as provide evidence that certain
components of fine particulate matter from combustion sources
including soot and certain metals may be key constituents
related to particulate matter’s toxicity. Reference to
historical and current policy decisions made by NYC in its
quest to improve its air quality will also be discussed.
“The
NPL Superfund Footprint: Site, Population, and
Environmental Characteristics Mapper.”
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Meredith Golden, M.Sc. and Tricia Chai-Onn, M.Sc.
This presentation is an overview of the NPL Superfund Footprint Mapper’s data layers and functions. The presenters will also discuss the technology used to create and make available the geographic information system (GIS) for the Mapper. Finally, they will suggest potential enhancements of the Mapper through additional collaborations with regulatory agencies, university researchers, private and non-profit sectors, and communities located near Superfund sites.
Additional Resources:
SRP NPL Superfund Footprint Mapper web site url: http://superfund.ciesin.columbia.edu/sfmapper/
PEPH Webinar Series
The Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Program established the PEPH Webinar series to promote interactions among PEPH grantees and to increase awareness of common issues and approaches. The webinars facilitate consideration of emerging issues. While the primary audience is grantees within the PEPH network, anyone interested in environmental public health is welcome to register.
Upcoming PEPH Webinars
May: Health Impact Assessments and Community Engagement
June: Science-based Decision Making
July: Hydraulic Fracturing
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