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Grand Rounds: Housing and Health: Making the Connection – September 30, 2020 12pm CT posted on Sep 22, 2020

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, participants should be able to:

Describe how indoor exposure to hazards in homes contribute to chronic health problems in children
Identify the eight healthy home Keep it principles
Explain at least two of the four pathways that connect human health impacts to the built environment

Presenter: Kevin Kennedy, MPH, CIEC

Environmental Health Program Director

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

PEHSU Region 7

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Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Children’s Health May 27, 2020 posted on May 21, 2020

Learning Objectives:

Name at least one type of health effect of wildfire smoke that has been well-documented in children.
Name at least one potential mitigation strategy for prevention of wildfire smoke health effects in children.
Discuss issues involved in school decision-making regarding wildfire smoke exposure.

Moderator: Scott Needle, MD, FAAP

Scott Needle, MD, FAAP Chief Medical Officer/Pediatrician

Elica Health Centers (Sacramento CA)

AAP Council on Children & Disasters Executive Committee

Presenter: Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH

Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Co-Director, Western States PEHSU (Region 9)

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Grand Rounds: Healthy Air, Healthy Brains: Emerging Evidence Streams and Advancing Air Pollution Policy to Protect Children's Health & Project TENDR Overview - June 12, 2019 posted on Mar 16, 2020

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:

Describe two key mechanisms of neurological effects of air pollution
Identify air pollutants that have been associated with neurodevelopmental effects
Describe policy options to reduce air pollution exposure

Presenters: Melanie Marty, PhD and Irva Hertz-Picciotto, MPH, PhD

Melanie Marty, PhD
Assistant Deputy Director
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California EPA
PEHSU Region 9

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, MPH, PhD
Director, Environmental Health Sciences Core Center
Professor and VC for Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of California, Davis
PEHSU Region 9

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Grand Rounds: Public Health Response to Wildfire Smoke - April 17, 2019 posted on Mar 16, 2020

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:

To identify one state health department’s approach to wildfire smoke response
To describe risk communication for wildfire smoke response and challenges of competing risks
To evaluate a risk assessment approach to provide health justification to public decisions

Presenter: Julie Fox, PhD, MHS

Julie Fox, PhD, MHS

Ambient Air Epidemiologist

Washington Department of Health
Tumwater, WA

PEHSU Region 10

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Grand Rounds: Mitigating the Health Impact of Wildfire Smoke - March 29, 2017 posted on Mar 16, 2020

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, participants should be able to:

Identify scope of wildfires in the U.S. and identify interagency resources available.
Describe health impacts of wildfires and identify populations of concern.
Learn risk communication strategies to address wildfire smoke for health professionals.

Presenters:

Ana Rappold, PhD

Statistician, U.S. EPA

Susan Stone, MS

Senior Environmental Health Scientist, Ambient Standards Group, U.S. EPA

Wayne Cascio, MD

Director, Environmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA

Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH, FAAP

Pediatrician and Pediatric Environmental Health Specialist, New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), Boston Children's Hospital

PEHSU Region 1

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Grand Rounds: New findings on air pollution and pregnancy- February 9, 2016 posted on Mar 15, 2020

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Grand Rounds: Electronic Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace - May 27, 2015 posted on Mar 12, 2020

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, participants should be able to:

Understand the biological role of nicotine in the brain and intent of the electronic cigarette
Discuss the dangers of electronic cigarettes regarding unintentional exposures in toddlers and adolescent intentional use
Describe the exposures of second-hand inhalation of vapors from electronic cigarettes
Understand state and federal regulations as it pertains to prevention of exposures to minors and environmental contamination.

Presented By:

Jennifer Lowry, MD, FACMT

Chief, Section of Clinical Toxicology

Medical Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovation

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Region 7 PEHSU

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