CEED 2023 Environmental Health & Justice Summit: Clearing the Air

CLEARING THE AIR:

Indoor Environments and

Health and Justice

Watch Session IV - May 1, 2024

This webinar features Derek Shendell, D.Env, MPH, AB, Professor and current Concentration Leader for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health & Justice, Rutgers School of Public Health and the Principal Investigator/Director of NJ Safe Schools Program. Also featured is Nikki Baker, the Healthy Schools Now Organizer for the New Jersey Work Environment Council. Join us for an interactive session on potential environmental health and safety-related issues in New Jersey public and charter K-12 schools and what we can do collectively to address them.

Panelists:

Derek Shendell, D.Env, MPH, AB, Professor and current Concentration Leader for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health & Justice, Rutgers School of Public Health
Nikki Baker, Health Schools Now
Organizer of the New jersey Work Environment Council

Watch Session III - March 6, 2024

This project, funded by the National Science Foundation and in partnership with the community of Elizabeth, NJ, seeks to protect Seniors during life-threatening summer heatwaves, while taking into account poor outdoor and indoor air quality. It also supports community efforts for kids by providing STEM education opportunities.

Panelists:

Jenn Senick, Sr. Executive Director, Rutgers Center for Green Building & Center for Urban Policy Research
Gediminas Mainelis, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Catherine Hart, Deputy Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Elizabeth
Michael Buckley, Director of Staff Operations, Housing Authority of the City of Elizabeth
Jonathan G. Phillips, Groundwork Elizabeth

Watch Session II - February 7, 2024

Using fossil fuels for energy has affected our health, created environmental injustices in frontline communities and promoted climate change. Hear from activists and academics on what needs to happen in order for us to live healthier lives and protect future generations.

Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, MSc, ScD, Assistant Professor Rutgers University, EOHSI
Halimah Shabazz
Elyse Pivnick, MCP, Senior Advisor, Isles

Watch Session I - October 27, 2023

Welcome

The Environmental Health and Justice Summit was designed in partnership with our Community Advisory Board. 77 people registered and 57 people attended the in-person kickoff held from 9am to 3pm at the College Avenue Student Center in New Brunswick.

Helmut Zarbl, PhD, EOHSI Director – Professor – NIEHS Center Director Rutgers University- School of Public Health EOHSI – Toxicology
Rob Laumbach, MD, MPH, CIH, Associate Professor Rutgers School of Public Health, Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, CEED, EOHSI,
Kerry Margaret Butch, Community Engagement Coordinator, Rutgers CEED

Introduction to Indoor Environments

Researchers commented about what we might be exposed to in our environment in different settings and how it might impact health.

In the Shower: Emily Barrett, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Epidemiology Concentration Director, Rutgers School of Public Health
In the Living Room: Zorimar Rivera-Nunez, Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, EOHSI – Environmental and Population Health Biosciences
Using Public Transportation or Your Car: Howard Kipen, MD, MPH, Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, Chief, Clinical Research & Occupational Medicine Division, EOHSI, Rutgers School of Public Health
In the Kitchen: Mike Gochfeld, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
In the Office: Rob Laumbach, MD, MPH, CIH, Associate Professor Rutgers School of Public Health, Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, CEED, EOHSI

What’s in Your Home Environment?

Brian Buckley, PhD, Executive Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Anthony Diaz, Executive Director, Newark Water Coalition
Elyse Pivnick, MCP, Senior Advisor, Isles

What’s in Your School Environment?

Nikki Baker, Organizer, Healthy Schools Coalition, New Jersey Work Environment Council
Allen Barkkume, Industrial Hygienist, New Jersey Work Environment Council
Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, MSc, ScD, Assistant Professor Rutgers University, EOHSI

Featured Speaker-Dr. Leonard Bielory

Discussion of the role of indoor allergens in causing and exacerbating allergies and asthma, and what people can do to reduce their risk, personally and collectively.

Carbon Dioxide: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Howard Kipen, MD, MPH, Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, Chief, Clinical Research & Occupational Medicine Division, EOHSI, Rutgers School of Public Health