The SCEHSC Seminar Series presents
Jim Zhang, PhD
Professor
Global and Environmental Health
Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University
Friday, March 3, 2017
"Reducing Indoor Concentrations of Respirable Particles: Will the Body Respond?"
11:45am-1:00 p.m.
Soto Street I Building, Room 115/116
2001 North Soto Street
Los Angeles, CA 90032
If you would like to attend the FREE seminar, please email jacy@usc.edu
The seminar is about the filtration technologies that have been increasingly used in urban residents of China to reduce indoor air concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) reduce indoor air concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) However, the health impact of such air quality interventions remains largely unknown. Following a broad overview of air pollution control options in China, this presentation will focus on occupants' pathophysiologic responses to the use of HEPA filters installed in the building HVAC system or in portable air purifiers. The presentation will also discuss cardio-respiratory effects of ozone versus ozone PM2.5.
The seminar speaker, Jim Zhang, is Professor of Global and Environmental Health at the Nicholas School of the Environment of Duke University. He holds a faculty position at both Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Kunshan University in China. He directs the Exposure Biology and Chemistry Laboratory and also directs the Regional Ozone Sino-US Collaborative Research Center. He also holds a visiting professorship at Peking University. Professor Zhang authored more than 180 peer-reviewed articles, including those published in top biomedical journals and environmental sciences journals. His early work on characterizing sources of non-methane greenhouse gases made him one of the officially recognized contributors to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC. He is the 2012 recipient of the Jerome Wesolowski Award, the highest honor of the International Society of Exposure Science. In 2013, Professor Zhang was named an AAAS Fellow.
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