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Vaping and Adolescents – Wednesday, July 22 at 12:00 pm ET/11:00 pm CT/10:00 am MT/9:00 am PT Learning Objectives:
Moderated by: Mark Anderson, MD, FAAP Dr. Mark Anderson is the Medical Director at Kid’s Care Primary and Specialty Care Clinics, Denver Health. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and School of Public Health. He serves as the Director of the Rocky Mountain/ Region 8 PEHSU. Presented by: G. Sam Wang Dr. G. Sam Wang is a pediatric emergency medicine, medical toxicology trained physician at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He academic and research interests include the impact of poisonings and drugs of abuse on the pediatric and adolescent population.
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Learning Objectives:At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
Presenter: Susan C. Smolinske, PharmD, DABAT, FACCT![]() Director
New Mexico Poison & Drug Information Center
PEHSU Region 6
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Presenter: Samuel M. Goldman, MD, MPH |
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Presenters: Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, FAAP; Frances Morales Ramos, MPH; and Teresa Herrera, MPH![]() Deputy Director
Region 2 PEHSU
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Perry Sheffield is a pediatrician and environmental health researcher. She is the Co-Director of the NYS Children’s Environmental Centers Network and also Deputy Director of the U.S. EPA Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Environmental Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and her Pediatrics training at Johns Hopkins. She studies the health impacts and prevention strategies related to climate change and children.
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Region 2 PEHSU
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Teresa Herrera works as a Program Coordinator with the Region 2 PEHSU. She manages and oversees the PEHSU’s public health detailing campaign and has worked in the field detailing health providers directly. Past experience includes working as a research fellow at the Institute of Public Health in Cuernvaca, Mexico. She received her BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from CU Boulder and completed her MPH at Mount Sinai. Teresa is committed to addressing environmental justice issues through her work and continues to stay engaged with local environmental health organizations in New York. Research Assistant Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Frances Morales Ramos is a Trainee in Dr. Luz Claudio’s Public Health and Environmental Health Training Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, working with Dr. Perry Sheffield and Teresa Herrera on the Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island Hurricane Recovery Campaign. Frances graduated from the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus with an MPH and previously worked as a project coordinator for VOCES, Coalition of Vaccination of Puerto Rico (PR), raising awareness about the importance of vaccination in PR. Her past experience with hurricane mitigation and preparation campaigns has enabled her to provide hands on experience regarding capacity building and sustainable methods for the initiative. |
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Presenter: Scott Crawford, MD, FACEP, CHSOS |
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Presenters and Panelists:Ziad Kazzi, MD
Associate Professor Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology Emory University PEHSU Region 4 John Balmes, MD Core Consultant in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley PEHSU Region 9 Robert J. Geller, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University Medical Director GA Poison Center PEHSU Region 4 Fuyuen Y. Yip, PhD, MPH Section Chief (acting), Environmental Health Tracking Section Lead Poisoning Prevention and Environmental Health Tracking Branch National Center for Environmental Health | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kanta Sircar, MPH, PhD, PMP CDR, US Public Health Service Epidemiologist, Asthma and Community Health Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice National Center for Environmental Health | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Presenter:![]() Research Scientist
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Presenters![]() Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment
Georgetown University
Region 3 PEHSU
![]() Clinical Associate Professor & Associate Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Region 5 PEHSU
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Presented By:![]() Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH
Director, Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Region 5 PEHSU |
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Presented by:![]() Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health & the Environment Georgetown University Region 3 PEHSU ![]() |
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Presented by:Jennifer A. Lowry, MD
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Presenter: Kurt Martinuzzi, MD![]() Emory University
PEHSU Region 3
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The presenter will begin by describing the study methodologies used in the journal articles to be discussed. This will be followed by a discussion of the results of the studies under consideration and implications for current clinical and public health practice. The presenter will conclude by discussing preventive steps that can be taken to decrease exposure in the journal articles.
Articles discussed: 1. Kurttio, P., Harmoinen, A., Saha, H., Salonen, L., Karpas, Z., Komulainen, H., & Auvinen, A. (2006). Kidney toxicity of ingested uranium from drinking water. American journal of kidney diseases, 47(6), 972-982. 2. Kurttio, P., Salonen, L., Ilus, T., Pekkanen, J., Pukkala, E., & Auvinen, A. (2006). Well water radioactivity and risk of cancers of the urinary organs. Environmental research, 102(3), 333-338.
3. Orloff, K. G., Mistry, K., Charp, P., Metcalf, S., Marino, R., Shelly, T., Melaro, E., Donohoe, A. M., & Jones, R. L. (2004). Human exposure to uranium in groundwater. Environmental research, 94(3), 319-326.
4. Seldén, A. I., Lundholm, C., Edlund, B., Högdahl, C., Ek, B. M., Bergström, B. E., & Ohlson, C. G. (2009). Nephrotoxicity of uranium in drinking water from private drilled wells. Environmental research, 109(4), 486-494.
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Presenter: Robert Zarr, MD, MPH![]() Robert Zarr, MD, MPH
Park Rx Director, Unity Health Care, Inc. National Park Rx Advisor, National Park Service PEHSU Region 3
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Presented By: Elaine Faustman, PhD and Marissa Smith![]() Professor
Director of the Institute of Risk Analysis and Risk Communication
University of Washington, School of Public Health Seattle, WA Region 10 PEHSU
PhD Student
University of Washington, School of Public Health
Seattle, WA Region 10 PEHSU
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Presented By:![]() President, Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine Co-director, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Emory University Medical Director, Developmental Pediatrics Specialists Atlanta, GA Region 4 PEHSU
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• Increase participants’ knowledge of how development and use of the built environment affects population health • Describe national statistics on health outcomes and disparities • Discuss successful community development projects regarding the built environment • Recognize role of environmental public health advocates in Health Impact Assessment plans Presented by:![]() Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Washington, DC Region 3 PEHSU
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Presented By:Maida Galvez, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics; Co-director of the Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center for Early Environmental Exposures Community Outreach and Engagement Core
New York, NY
Region 2 PEHSU ![]() Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH
Fellow - Pediatrician at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Region 2 PEHSU
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Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
The presenter will begin by describing the study methodologies used in the journal articles to be discussed. This will be followed by a discussion of the results of the studies under consideration and implications for current clinical and public health practice. The presenter will conclude by discussing preventive steps that can be taken to decrease exposure to endocrine disruptors as evidenced in the journal articles.
Articles discussed: 1. Evidence for hormesis in mutagenicity dose-response relationships. 2. An illusion of hormesis in the Ames test: Statistical significance is not equivalent to biological significance. 4. Natural Variability and the Influence of Concurrent Control Values on the Detection and Interpretation of Low-Dose or Weak Endocrine Toxicities. |
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Presented By:![]() Jocelyn Hospital, MS
Toxicologist
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Washington, DC
Kara Koehrn, MEM, BS
Toxicologist and Data Analyst
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Washington, DC
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