Global Health Forum: Health and cities - air pollution
Event Information
Description
Join us on Thursday 15th February for our Global Health Forum with a focus this month on air pollution, health and cities.
Our monthly Global Health Forum brings together Imperial researchers, students, and staff from across all of the college’s Faculties to highlight, discuss and disseminate findings on current global health research and innovations. The Forums encourage interdisciplinary discussions with the intention to foster inter-Faculty research initiatives and leverage the immense strengths of Imperial College to resolve global health priorities of the early 21st Century.
Speakers include:
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Andrea Calderon-Irazoque - Postgraduate Researcher, Centre for Environmental Policy ‘Low-Carbon Mobility Strategies in Cities: Impacts on Climate Change Mitigation, Air Quality and Health’;
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Juan Pablo Orjuela Mendoza, Research Postgraduate, Centre for Environmental Policy 'Predicting black carbon intake for epidemiological studies of active populations using limited primary data';
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Dr Benny Lo – Senior Lecturer, Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation ‘Wearable sensing for environmental health’;
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Dr Jessica E. Laine - MRC Early Career Research Fellow, Centre for Environment and Health 'Air pollution and omics in exposomics'.
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Directions:
To enter the Clinical Lecture Theatre, please access St. Mary's hospital (number 4 on this map) via the Cambridge Wing entrance located on Norfolk Place. Use the lift or the stairs to access the lecture theatre which is on the second floor of the building and signposted.