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2024 Meeting Schedule
| Wednesday, May 1 |
May Student and Teacher Awards Night at NKU
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| Thursday, March 29 |
March Meeting at the Manor House
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| Thursday, February 15 |
February Meeting at MSJ
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| Thursday, January 18 |
January Meeting at UC
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Symposium: Urban pollution and the people who live there
Freedom Center, 50 E Freedom Way
Tuesday, November 15
Click Here to Register Now!
Air pollution is a well-recognized issue in urban environments with contributions from industrial zones, power generation, and traffic, as well as residential buildings. Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio have their fair share of air pollution with major contributors such as some of the most trafficked interstates. In addition, the hills and valleys prevent pollution from rapidly dispersing. The impacts on health, individuals, and communities are wide spread and noticeable, with large disparities between neighborhoods with socioeconomic and racial lines. Urban areas that were subject to redlining reaching back as far as the 1930’s, often have higher levels of air pollution today.
The symposium will feature speakers from local research, medical, government, and community organizations. Presentations will cover topics such as air pollution monitoring, associated health outcomes, and community involvement.
Registration required by November 3rd November 8th. The first 30 students who register, pre-pay, and attend the event will see a reimbursement of the fee.
| Agenda | |
| 5:00 PM | Social hour and visit to "From Slavery to Freedom" exhibit |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Presentations |
Presentations
- Air Pollution, Racial Disparities and Comorbidities of COVID-19 Mortality
- Tesfaye Mersha, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Linking Heat Islands and Air Pollution with Health through Community Citizen Science
- Pat Ryan, PhD & Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Air Quality Monitoring in Southwest Ohio
- Christina Boss, Monitoring and Analysis, Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency
- Community-Engaged Low-Cost Air Sampling in Lower Price Hill
- Jaeydah Edwards and Alan Edwards, Groundwork Ohio River Valley
