Extramural Research
| Title: | EPA Extramural Research Update: Toxicity of Source-Oriented Ambient Submicron Particulate Matter |
| Date: | March 29, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT |
| Purpose: | Which components or air pollution particles are the most responsible for the adverse health effects? Ambient PM is mixture of components derived from a wide range of sources and from atmospheric processes. UC Davis researchers examined toxicity characteristics of PM or PM components derived from different source categories and atmospheric processes. Dr. Wexler, Dr. Pinkerton, and Dr. Bein will present their latest research findings from their work on PM in California. |
| Presentations: | View Introduction (PDF) (34 pp, 1.74 MB) View Presentation (PDF) (6 pp, 641 K) |
Bios
Anthony Wexler, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Land, Air and Water Resources. Dr. Wexler is also the Director of the Air Quality Research Center and Crocker Nuclear Laboratory. He is the former president of the American Association for Aerosol Research was the Director of USEPA’s San Joaquin Valley Aerosol Health Effects Research Center (SAHERC). He currently on editorial board of Atmospheric Environment.
Kent Pinkerton, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Pinkerton is Director of the Center for Health and the Environment and Co-Director of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at UC Davis. Dr. Pinkerton was the co-director of the SAHERC at UC Davis and served as Chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly and Chair of the Environmental Health Policy Committee for the American Thoracic Society. Professor Pinkerton currently serves on the editorial board of Inhalation Toxicology.
Keith Bein, Ph.D., is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Air Quality Research Center and Crocker Nuclear Laboratory and a member of the Research Faculty at the Center for Health and the Environment at the University of California, Davis.