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    OccMed Colloquium Series

    Guest Speaker: Dr. Brugge is Professor and Chair of the UConn Health Department of Public Health Sciences, and Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Community Medicine. Prior to that he was a public health professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. His Ph.D. is in biology from Harvard University and he has an MS in industrial hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Brugge directs the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health, a set of studies about ultrafine particles from traffic and their association with cardiovascular health risk. Most of his work uses a community-based participatory research approach. He has over 160 publications and has a deep commitment to seeing research translated into policy and practice. 

    Title: UConn Health OEM Colloquium Series: Assessing and responding to risk from near highway ultrafine particle exposures

    Time: Noon to 1 this afternoon

    Location: Virtual (Webex)

    As a result of this discussion you will be able to recognize that particulate matter, including ultrafines, are a substantial source of cardiovascular risk.  Describe evidence that risk from ultrafines is increasing.  Describe multiple approaches to reducing exposure that are being evaluated.

    WebEx information:

    OEM Colloquium: Dr. Doug Brugge, Assessing and responding to risk from near highway ultrafine particle exposures

    Hosted by Mike Erdil

    https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m304ded10a99e0cb19266487094ddccbc

    Meeting number: 2319 532 3026
    Password: iPKbPvU6M45

    Join by video system

    Dial 23195323026@uconnhealth.webex.com
    You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

    Join by phone

    +1-415-655-0001 US Toll
    Access code: 231 953 23026

    For more information, contact: Miriam Muniz at muniz@uchc.edu