Air Pollution & Human Health | IIES Online Seminar Series | Feb 20-May 2, 2019
IIES WINTER 2019 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES
AIR POLLUTION & HUMAN HEALTH
COURSE COORDINATORS:
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).
Contributors: York University, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Hong Kong Polytechnique University, Saint Louis University, Peking University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Melbourne, Central China Normal University and Fudan University.
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. The seminars will be LIVE each week and will begin at:
08h00 EST (Canada/US) *Be sure to verify with your local time
For this series, the IIES will be awarding a Certificate of Completion to those who participate eight or more weeks.
Series Schedule:
| DATE | PART | LECTURE | TITLE | LECTURER |
AFFILIATION |
| FEB 20 |
PART I | THE AIR WE BREATHE | 1 | Air Pollution and human health impacts | Prof. Shyamali Dharmage/ Dr. Gayan Bowatte | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| FEB 27 | 2 | Chemistry of the atmosphere | Prof. Robert McLaren | York University (Canada) | |
| MAR 06 | 3 | Quantifying the health risks from air pollution | Prof. Zhengmin Qian | Saint Louis University (USA) | |
| MAR 13 | 4 | Air particle sampling and collection | Dr. Ari Leskinen | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) | |
| MAR 20 |
PART II | OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION | 5 | The Health Effects of Indoor Particles Exposure and the Intervention | Prof. Zhuohui Zhao | Fudan University (China) |
| MAR 27 | 6 | Exposure to Air Pollution Mixtures in an Indigenous Community in the Heart of the Oil Sands | Prof. Jeffrey Brook | University of Toronto (Canada) | |
| APR 03 | 7 | Health impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan | Prof. Guoxing Li | Peking University School of Public Health (China) | |
| APR 10 | 8 | Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Disease and Cancer | Prof. Caroline Lodge | University of Melbourne (Australia) | |
| APR 17 |
PART II | Continued | 9 | Air Pollution and Central Nervous System Diseases | Prof. Katja Kanninen | University of Eastern Finland (Finland) |
| APR 24 | 10 | Differential Toxicities and Contributing Chemicals in Urban PM2.5 of China | Prof. Xiang-dong Li | Hong Kong Polytechnique University (China) | |
| MAY 02 | 11 | The Indoor Air Pollutants and their Toxicity | Prof. Rui Li | Central China Normal University (China) |
Lecture 1 | Introduction to Air Pollution and Human Health | Dr. Gayan Bowatte/Melbourne
Lecture 2 | Chemistry of the Atmosphere | Prof. Robert McLaren/York
Lecture 3 | Quantifying the health risks from air pollution | Prof. Zhengmin Qian/Saint Louis University
Lecture 4 | Air particle sampling and collection | Dr. Ari Leskinen/FMI
Lecture 5 |The Health Effects of Indoor Particles Exposure and the Intervention | Prof. Zhuohui Zhao/Fudan University
Lecture 6 | Exposure to Air Pollution Mixtures in an Indigenous Community in the Heart of the Oil Sands | Prof. Jeffrey Brook/University of Toronto
Lecture 7 | Health impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan | Prof. Guoxing Li/Peking University
Lecture 8 | Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Disease and Cancer | Prof. Caroline Lodge/University of Melbourne
Lecture 9 | Air Pollution and Central Nervous System Diseases | Prof. Katja Kanninen/University of Eastern Finland
Lecture 10 | Differential Toxicities and Contributing Chemicals in Urban PM2.5 of China | Prof. Xiang-dong Li/Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lecture 11 | Indoor Air Pollutants and their toxicity | Prof. Rui Li/Central China Normal University