Stanford Health 4 All (H4A) Seminar Series
H4A Seminar Series
H4A Seminars (August 2016)
- The Science of Healthy Living
- Community-Based Participatory Research to Promote Health Equity
- Current Topics and Controversies in Women's Health
- Planning and Public Health: How to Build Healthy Neighborhoods
- Environmental Health: How Chemical, Physical, and Biological Pollutants Affect Your Health
- From Data to Action: A Citizen Science Approach to Improving Community Health
- Integrated Care in the Field of Aging
- Stress, the Spice of Life
Environmental Health: How Chemical, Physical, and Biological Pollutants Affect Your Health
One of over 15,000 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in the United States affecting the environment and public health
H4A Seminar: Environmental Health: How Chemical, Physical, and Biological Pollutants Affect Your Health
Hosted By: Jennifer Hartle, DrPH, MHS, CIH, Environmental Health Scientist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SPRC. More bio details here.
Date & Time: Thursday, August 11, 2016 (Half-Day Seminar): 2:15-6:30pm (with breaks for coffee/snacks)
Schedule: Half-day seminar runs from 2:15-6:30pm and includes an afternoon break from 4:15-4:30pm. The seminar presenter may need to change the break times, if needed.
Location: Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center, 279 Campus Drive b062, Stanford, CA 94305
H4A seminar agenda: This seminar examines environmental health issues using scientific and policy approaches to understand their causes and develop potential solutions. Topics include health issues rooted in chemical, physical, and biological hazards; exposure pathways (air, water, soil, food); scientific basis for policy decisions; and emerging global environmental health problems. Environmental health problems will be illustrated with real-life case studies. Specifically, this seminar will cover:
- Introduction to environmental health: where the environment and human health intersect
- Vulnerable populations affected by inequitable exposures to environmental contaminants
- The impact of air, water, soil, and food contamination on health
- Food production and its impact on the environment and public health.
What will you learn: In this seminar, participants will learn to:
- Define the major sources and types of environmental pollutants
- Discuss how environmental pollutants impact humans
- Identify human health issues caused by environmental pollutants
- Apply environmental health principles and policy approaches to solve real-world environmental problems that affect human health.
Who should attend: This course is designed for people who read the news and wonder:
- How could the drinking water issues in Flint, Michigan have happened?
- Why does the government allow hormone disrupting chemicals like Bisphenol A (BPA) to be used in food packaging?
- Why would the national advisory committee recommend a more sustainable American diet?
Seminar material is geared toward:
- College students
- Researchers new to environmental health
- Community members interested in how environmental pollutants affect their health.
Cost: Half-Day Seminar Rates:
- Stanford STAP eligible.
- Early Bird Rate = $250 USD (through July 30)
- Scholarship Rate = $250 USD (includes students, trainees, H4A alumni, Stanford employees (STAP eligible), SHPN members, URMs, government agencies, and non-profit community partners)
- Regular Rate = $375 USD
Guest speaker details to follow.
How to register: Please visit our Registration Page (note: you will be directed to another web platform for registration).