Environment and health conference
Speakers from the ESRI and UCD presented the latest findings from research on the environment and health funded by the EPA and HSE. The conference included opening remarks by Dr Matthew Crowe from the Environmental Protection Agency.
It also included a presentation by Dr Katharina Janke from Lancaster University, who provided an overview of research on the health and economic impacts of air pollution. Other topics included the health benefits of urban green space and a presentation by Enda Murphy from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, to discuss transportation noise and public health outcomes.
Conference Programme
Conference Programme
Introduction
8:30
Registration & Coffee
8:45
Welcome Address
Professor Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI
Session 1
Session 1
Chair: Dr Matthew Crowe, Director of the Office of Evidence and Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
9:00
Opening Remarks
Dr Matthew Crowe, EPA
9:15
Investigating the effects of the environment on health using spatially-linked data
Dr Anne Nolan, ESRI
10:00
The impact of air pollution on population health
Dr Katharina Janke, Centre for Health Inequalities Research, Lancaster University
10:45
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
Session 2
Chair: Dr Seán Lyons, ESRI
11:00
Health benefits associated with the use of urban green space
Dr Gianluca Grilli, ESRI
11:45
Transportation noise and public health outcomes: biological markers and pathologies
Professor Enda Murphy, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD
12:30
Conclusions and Close of Conference