Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease Kick-Off - Presentations

8:45 a.m.

 Introduction – Why We Care
Bryan Hubble, Office of Air and Radiation, OAQPS

9:00 a.m.

Observational, Laboratory, and Modeling Studies of the Impacts of Climate Change on Allergic Airway Disease (PDF) (30 pp, 3.23 MB)
(view project abstract)
Leonard Bielory, Rutgers University

9:20 a.m.

Predicting Regional Allergy Hotspots in Future Climate Scenarios – Putting the Where and When on Wheezing (PDF) (20 pp, 4.40 MB)
(view project abstract)
Kristina Stinson/David Foster, Harvard University

9:40 a.m.

Projecting Pollen Allergens and Their Health Implications in a Changing World (PDF) (21 pp, 5.65 MB)
(view project abstract)
Richard Flagan, California Institute of Technology

10:00 a.m.

Connections to ORD’s Human Health Program
Sally Darney, National Program Director for Human Health, ORD

10:10 a.m.

BREAK

10:30 a.m.

Comparative Toxicity of Coarse Particles (PDF) (42 pp, 1.17 MB)
(view project abstract)
Terry Gordon, New York University School of Medicine

11:00 a.m.

Poster Session

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

1:00 p.m.

Health Effects and Characterization of Urban and Rural Coarse Particulate Matter in Northeastern Colorado (PDF) (46pp, 1.99 MB)
(view project abstract)
Michael Hannigan, University of Colorado - Boulder

1:30 p.m.

Cardiovascular Effects of Urban and Rural Coarse Particulate Matter in Adults (PDF) (26 pp, 1.32 MB)
(view project abstract)
Constantinos Sioutas, University of Southern California

2:00 p.m.

Cardiovascular Effects of Urban and Rural Coarse Particulate Matter in Adults (PDF) (26 pp, 720 K)
(view project abstract)
Robert Brook, University of Michigan Health System

2:30 p.m.

BREAK

3:00 p.m.

Spatial Investigation of Sources, Composition, and Long-Term Health Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosderosis (MESA) Cohort (PDF) (39 pp, 5.17 MB)
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Timothy Larson, University of Washington

3:30 p.m.

EPA Studies of Coarse PM Health Effects (PDF) (31 pp, 877 K)
Bob Devlin/Ian Gilmour, Office of Research and Development, NHEERL

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn