CEED 2023 Environmental Health & Justice Summit: Clearing the Air

CLEARING THE AIR:

Indoor Environments and

Health and Justice

Thank you for attending our first session

An Introduction to Indoor Environments and Health

October 27, 2023

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Leonard Bielory

Indoor environments can impact health and what can be done to address those health impacts. Dr. Bielory discussed the role of indoor allergens in causing and exacerbating allergies and asthma, and what we can do to reduce our risk, personally and collectively. Additionally, Dr. Bielory discussed studies on climate change and allergic airway diseases.

Meet Dr. Bielory

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