Description
Hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency
Air pollutants, particularly fine particulate matter (PM2.5), have been well-established to impact cardiovascular and respiratory disease. This presentation will highlight research from EPA scientists that examines associations between air pollution and health impacts other than cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Some of these health impacts include reproductive, pregnancy, and birth outcomes; child and developmental health; nervous system, cognitive, and mental health; metabolic, liver, and kidney diseases; cancers; and interactions and modifiers of associations.
Speakers
Kristen Rappazzo, EPA Office of Research and Development
Kristen Rappazzo is a research epidemiologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. Her research covers several environmental topic areas including air pollution; climate-related factors and events; interactions between chemical and non-chemical stressors (including social, built, and natural environments); and mixtures. While largely focused on reproductive and children’s health, she has also studied mortality, hospitalizations, and cancer. In addition to research, she has contributed to government assessments of criteria air pollutants and PFAS for reproductive and developmental outcomes. Kristen earned her MPH in environmental and occupational health from Drexel University and her PhD in epidemiology from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Anne Weaver, EPA Office of Research and Development
Anne Weaver is an environmental epidemiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. She joined EPA in 2017 as a federal postdoc and in 2019 as a staff scientist. Her research has focused on health impacts of air pollution and extreme heat, with an emphasis on disproportionate impacts among communities with environmental justice concerns and vulnerable populations. More recent work involves engaging with communities to better understand their concerns and needs. She earned her MS and PhD in epidemiology at SUNY University at Buffalo.
Registration
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