Event Date:
Monday, October 1, 2018
Event Type:
Non-NEHA Event
Event Website:
11AM PST/ 2PM EST Monday, October 1, 2018
Wildfire Smoke: Impacts on Public Health and Lived Experience
Learn about the latest research on the various health effects of wildfire smoke exposure. Dr. Colleen Reid, assistant professor in Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will provide an overview of what is known and not known about the health impacts of exposure to smoke from wildfires.
Dr. Warren Dodd, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada, will discuss his team's qualitative study that explored how the 2014 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories affected mental and physical health in addition to livelihoods of residents in four communities.
Contact Name:
Christine Ortiz Gumina
Organization:
CHE Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Phone:
(757) 763-0366
Email:
cortizgumina@neha.org