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EWC Seminar 02/02 : Michael Breen

February 2, 2018 @ 12:50 pm - 1:40 pm

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Our EWC seminar on this Friday, Feb 2, will feature Dr. Michael Breen from the EPA. He will discuss “Air Pollution Exposure Modeling for Epidemiology Studies and Public Health.” An abstract and bio are included below. Please join us in Mann 304 from 12:50-1:40pm.

Abstract: Air pollution epidemiology studies of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) often use outdoor concentrations as exposure surrogates. These surrogates can induce exposure error since they do not account for (1) time spent indoors with ambient PM2.5 levels attenuated from outdoor concentrations, and (2) building-to-building and temporal variability of this attenuation. To help address the potential exposure error, Dr. Breen is leading the development of individual-level air pollution exposure models, integrated with novel personal sensor technologies, to improve exposure assessments for epidemiology studies and for public health. He is co-investigator for multiple epidemiology studies assessing the exposure and health effects for participants with asthma, diabetes, and coronary artery disease. He is also the inventor of a new exposure smart phone App, called TracMyAir. At this seminar, he will present the development and application of these models to predict individual-level exposures for epidemiology studies, in support of improving risk estimation.

Bio: Michael Breen is a research scientist in the National Exposure Research Laboratory at the EPA. Dr. Breen’s current research focuses on the development of air pollution exposure models, integrated with novel personal sensor technologies, to improve exposure and risk assessments for individuals in health studies and citizen scientists. He is a co-investigator for multiple health studies assessing the exposure and effects of air pollutants. These health studies include participants with asthma, diabetes, and coronary artery disease living in various U.S cities. He has developed, evaluated, and applied novel exposure modeling and time-activity tools, which includes the Exposure Model for Individuals (EMI) and GPS-based Microenvironment Tracker (MicroTrac) model.

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Date:
February 2, 2018
Time:
12:50 pm - 1:40 pm
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Website:
http://go.ncsu.edu/ewc-seminar-schedule

Venue

Mann 304
Mann Hall
Raleigh, NC United States
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