Webinar on Assessing Health Impacts of Air Pollution at the Community Scale
Recording:
This webinar, hosted by Dr. Patrick Kinney of Boston University’s School of Public Health, shows how scientists and practitioners are using NASA satellite data along with land-use information to develop fine scale estimates of PM2.5 air pollution and its associated health risks within specific communities.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9hBjmA3Cs&feature=youtu.be
Air pollution exposure and health risk assessment at the community scale – on the order of kilometers or less corresponding to individual neighborhoods or localities – is of increasing interest to urban planners, environmental health practitioners, and researchers. Join this webinar to learn how scientists and practitioners are using NASA satellite data along with land use information to develop fine scale estimates of PM2.5 air pollution and associated health risks within communities.
Date and time: Friday, September 28th, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm ET
Agenda: 
Introduction and Project Overview:
Dr. Patrick Kinney, Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health; Principal Investigator
Using NASA earth science products to estimate fine scale patterns of air pollution:
Dr. Yang Liu, Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Co-Investigator
Assessing Health Impacts at Fine Spatial Scales in Cities:
Dr. Susan Anenberg, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University; Co-Investigator
Case Study: Assessing sources and impacts of air pollution in California’s Imperial Valley:
Dr. Frank Freedman, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University; Principal Investigator
Dr. Akula Venkatram, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside; Co-Investigator
Question and Answer Session with Attendees
To learn more about this project visit https://sites.bu.edu/haqast-highrestt/research/
Presentations:
- Introduction, by Dr. Patrick Kinney.
Download slides: Kinney_Slides_TTWebinar_Introduction_092818
- Estimating Neighborhood-scale PM2.5 Gradients in NYC by Integrating Satellite Data and Non-regulatory Measurements, by Dr. Yang Liu.
Download slides: Liu_Slides_TTWebinar_Neighborhood-scale PM2.5 in NYC_092818
- Neighborhood-Scale Air Pollution Health Impact Assessment, by Dr. Susan Anenberg.
Download slides: Anenberg_Slides_TTWebinar_HIA_092818
- Assessing MAIAC AOD High Resolution PM Patterns During Windblown Dust Events, by Dr. Frank Freedman.
Download slides: Freedman_Slides_TTWebinar_ImperialValley_092818
- Assessing particulate sources using IVAN with dispersion models, by Dr. Akula Venkatram.
Download slides: Venkatram_Slides_TTWebinar_ImperialValley_092818
- Contribution of IVAN monitors to Random Forest PM2.5 prediction model, by Dr. Yang Liu.
Download slides: Liu_Slides_TTWebinar_ImperialValley_092818
