Joint Session 9 Air Pollution Health Impacts Assessments

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
211 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 11th Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs:
Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech Univ., Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX and Ananya Roy, EDF= Environmental Defense Fund, Health Program, Washington, DC

Abstracts in this session can include:

  1. Need, Insights, Opportunities & Barriers;
  2. Big Data in Hyperlocal Assessments.

Papers:
8:30 AM
J39.1
Five Decades of Particulate Air Pollution Health Effects Research and the Focus on PM2.5
Douglas W Dockery, HCSPH = Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and J. D. Spengler

8:45 AM
J39.2
Recent advances in assessing health impacts of air pollution within cities worldwide
Susan C. Anenberg, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

9:00 AM
J39.3
Modeling wildland fire-specific PM2.5 for uncertainty-aware health impact assessments
Xiangyu Jiang, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; and E. H. Yoo

9:15 AM
J39.4
Disparities in health burden of air pollution on the hyper-local scale: case study for the California Bay Area
Ananya Roy, EDF= Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC; and V. Southerland, M. Harris, and S. Anenberg

9:30 AM
J39.5
Using machine learning regression to model ambient ultrafine particle concentrations along a runway trajectory near a major airport
Kevin J. Lane Jr., Boston University, Boston MA, MA; and M. Simon, C. Kim, and J. I. Levy

9:45 AM
J39.6
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner