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Date

Feb 20 2019 - May 02 2019
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8:00 am - 10:00 am

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:

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).

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     PARTLECTURE TITLELECTURER

AFFILIATION

FEB 20

PART I | THE AIR WE BREATHE

1Air Pollution and human health impactsProf. Shyamali Dharmage/ Dr. Gayan BowatteUniversity of Melbourne (Australia)
FEB 272Chemistry of the atmosphereProf. Robert McLarenYork University (Canada)
MAR 063Quantifying the health risks from air pollutionProf. Zhengmin QianSaint Louis University (USA)
MAR 134Air particle sampling and collectionDr. Ari LeskinenFinnish Meteorological Institute (Finland)
MAR 20

PART II | OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION

5The Health Effects of Indoor Particles Exposure and the InterventionProf. Zhuohui ZhaoFudan University (China)
MAR 276Exposure to Air Pollution Mixtures in an Indigenous Community in the Heart of the Oil SandsProf. Jeffrey BrookUniversity of Toronto (Canada)
APR 037Health impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action PlanProf. Guoxing LiPeking University School of Public Health (China)
APR 108Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Disease and CancerProf. Caroline LodgeUniversity of Melbourne (Australia)
APR 17

PART II | Continued

9Air Pollution and Central Nervous System DiseasesProf. Katja KanninenUniversity of Eastern Finland (Finland)
APR 2410Differential Toxicities and Contributing Chemicals in Urban PM2.5 of ChinaProf. Xiang-dong LiHong Kong Polytechnique University (China)
MAY 0211The Indoor Air Pollutants and their ToxicityProf. Rui LiCentral 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

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