Conversations

CLIMATECH 2024: Strategies to Build Urban Heat Resilience while Transforming our Energy Sector

Panel conversation with Dr. Patricia Fabian, Dr. Lucy Hutyra and Melissa Lavinson, moderated by Penni McLean-Conner. 43 minute panel at the House of Blues in Boston.

 

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring at Boston Public Schools

Dr. Patricia Fabian and Katherine Walsh, Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Program Director at Boston Public Schools, discuss their partnership to monitor indoor air quality across the school district in this 2 minute video.

 

The Lancet Spotlight on Health and Climate Change

Dr. Patricia Fabian and Professor Ollie Jay join Lancet editors Saleha Hassan and Pierre Nauleau to discuss the current and potential future impacts of extreme heat on health in this podcast.

Radio interview on Gas Stoves on TBS eFM This Morning, Seoul, Korea

02/01/2023 Listen to interview with Dr. Fabian

Research for People & Planet: Residential Weatherization, Energy Security & Health Disparities

12/02/22 Webinar panel moderated by Dr. Fabian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE8pzka3038

 

Environmental Risk Factors in Public Health and the Opportunities for Advanced Sensing, AI, and Data Science Methods

12/01/22 Presentation by Dr. Fabian, 7 minute talk @ 1 hour 11 minutes

http://Environmental Risk Factors in Public Health and the Opportunities for Advanced Sensing, AI, and Data Science Methods

 

Sustainability, Health Equity, and Antiracism in the 21sth Century

09/30/22  at BU Center for Antiracist Research (CAR)

https://www.bu.edu/antiracism-center/narrative/vertex-symposium/

 

Engaging Businesses in Extreme Heat Solutions: a A Better City and Boston Green Ribbon Commission Conversation

09/07/22 Panel with Zoe Davis (City of Boston), Reverend Vernon Walker (Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW)), Dr. Megan Sandel (Boston Medical Center), Bianca Bowman (GreenRoots), Professor Patricia Fabian (Boston University), moderated by David Sittenfeld (Museum of Science)  to learn about the City of Boston’s Heat Plan that details 26 citywide strategies for addressing the increased temperatures and extreme heat events anticipated due to climate change. Hear how leaders from the healthcare industry, cultural institutions, higher education, and community-based organizations can help promote community heat resilience in Boston and will begin a conversation about ways that the business community and private sector can support extreme heat solutions in Boston, through both short- and long-term heat resilience efforts that benefit local communities.

https://www.abettercity.org/news-and-events/blog/event-recap-engaging-businesses-in-extreme-heat-solutions

 

Boston University Research on Tap

03/01/2022 M. Patricia Fabian, ScD, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, SPH, gives a talk titled “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Interventions in the Built Environment” at BU’s research on Tap event. YouTube link

 

Pushing Boundaries, Women Scientists at the Forefront of Community-Engaged Research

11/18/2021 Panelists Drs. Fabian, Hutyra, Scammell, and Templer. YouTube link

 

From Snow Days to Heat Days: Climate Impacts on Heat and Health in the Boston Area

05/24/21 Panel co-hosted by Museum of Science Boston, Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) and Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). YouTube link

 

Modeling the Impact of Exposure Reductions Using Multi-Stressor Epidemiology, Exposure Models and Synthetic Microdata: A Case Study of Birthweight in Two Environmental Justice Communities

Hosted 04/26/21 as part of NIH-EPA Environmental Health Disparities Research Webinar Series: Intersections Between the Chemical, Physical, Built and Social Environments.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/ehd/042621/index.cfm

 

Environmental Justice Research and Action: Examples from a Community-University Relationship in Massachusetts

Hosted 04/07/21 by the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) Green Infrastructure, Climate, and Cities Seminar Series.

 

Urban Heat: Rising Temperature and Population Vulnerability.

Hosted on 03/04/21 by the Boston University Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing as part of the educational activities undertaken by the Committee as it considers the topic of fossil fuel divestment.

 

Developing a Geographic Information System to Study Social and Environmental Determinants of Health

Hosted 02/22/21 as part of NIH-EPA Environmental Health Disparities Research Webinar Series. Presentation #3.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/ehd/022221/index.cfm

 

Wearing a Mask  Protects Others – and Might Protect You Too

08/05/20. NPR Wisconsin Public Radio interview with Dr. Fabian. Wearing face masks is known to protect other people. Now, new research is finding that masks might protect the person wearing them, too. In light of the state mask mandate, an expert explains what’s known, and what remains unknown, about masks and respiratory illness.

https://www.wpr.org/wearing-mask-protects-others-and-might-protect-you-too

 

What to Know Before Making Your Own DIY Face Mask

04/28/20 Popular Mechanics article quoting Dr. Fabian.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32111235/diy-face-mask-pandemic/

 

Modeling Infection Spread and Impact of Interventions in Buildings

10/25/2016 Microbiomes of the Built Environment NAS, talk by Dr. Fabian. YouTube link