Air Pollution & Human Health | Online Seminar Series
Course Coordinators: Huy Dang, ; Xiaowen Zeng,
The IIES is pleased to offer an online seminar series titled, “Air Pollution & Human Health”. The series runs every Wednesday from February 20 to May 2, 2019 (May 2 is a Thursday, due to international holiday on May 1).
Contributing Institutions and Organizations: Trent University (Canada), York University (Canada), Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland), Hong Kong Polytechnique University (Hong Kong), Saint Louis University (USA), Peking University (China), University of Eastern Finland (Finland), University of Melbourne (Australia), Central China Normal University (China), Fudan University (China).
Each week join a faculty member from one of the contributing universities share their research and expertise. Lectures run approximately 30-40 minutes with a Q&A to follow. The talks are FREE and are available to anyone interested.
For this series, the IIES will be awarding a Certificate of Completion to those who participate eight or more weeks.
Schedule
This course has passed.
| DATE | WEEK | SEMINAR TITLE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION |
| February 20 | 1 | Part 1: The Air We Breath Air Pollution and human health impacts | Prof. Shyamali Dharmage/ Dr. Gayan Bowatte | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| February 27 | 2 | Part 1: The Air We Breath Chemistry of the atmosphere | Prof. Robert McLaren | York University (Canada) |
| March 6 | 3 | Part 1: The Air We Breath Quantifying the health risks from air pollution | Prof. Zhengmin Qian | Saint Louis University (USA) |
| March 13 | 4 | Part 1: The Air We Breath Air particle sampling and collection | Dr. Ari Leskinen | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
| March 20 | 5 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution The Health Effects of Indoor Particles Exposure and the Intervention | Prof. Zhuohui Zhao | Fudan University (China) |
| March 27 | 6 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution Exposure to Air Pollution Mixtures in an Indigenous Community in the Heart of the Oil Sands | Prof. Jeffrey Brook | University of Toronto (Canada) |
| April 3 | 7 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution Health impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan | Prof. Guoxing Li | Peking University School of Public Health (China) |
| April 10 | 8 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Disease and Cancer | Prof. Caroline Lodge | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| April 17 | 9 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution Air Pollution and Central Nervous System Diseases | Prof. Katja Kanninen | University of Eastern Finland (Finland) |
| April 24 | 10 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution Differential Toxicities and Contributing Chemicals in Urban PM2.5 of China | Prof. Xiang-dong Li | Hong Kong Polytechnique University (China) |
| May 2 | 11 | Part 2: Outdoor Air Pollution The Indoor Air Pollutants and their Toxicity | Prof. Rui Li | Central China Normal University (China) |
Recorded Lectures
