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
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