NYAM Thursday Feb 22 Children’ Environmental Health:
Registration required
Children today live in an environment that is vastly different from that of previous generations. There are 100,000 chemicals registered with the EPA for industrial use and tens of thousands of chemicals in food. Metabolic products of all these chemicals increase this number by two-fold or more. Moreover, it is now recognized that air pollution is one of the largest environmental cause of disease globally.
In order to fully understand the role that environment plays in the development of disease, it is critical to consider the simultaneous exposure to multiple environmental exposures, and changing vulnerability over time. This has led to the development of the emerging field of exposomics, the study of the totality of exposures to chemicals, diet, and social stressors throughout the life course from pre-conception to death.
This symposium will interest parents, community members and medical providers. It will address novel methods to measure the exposome and its impact on human health during various life stages. Speakers will provide insight into the concepts of critical windows of development and how the environment of our early life influences long-term health.
Event Program
Check-in and Light Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction to The Exposome:The Final Piece of The Puzzle: 9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH
Exploring the Exposome with Metabolomics: 9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Megan Niedwiecki, PhD
Measuring Environmental Exposures From 700 Kilometers Up: 10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Allan Just, PhD
Break: 10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Why Social Determinants are Critical in the Exposome Framework: 10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m
Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH
Early Life Environment and Health: 11:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
Manish Arora, BDS, MPH, PhD, FICD
Q&A: 11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 22 at 9:00am to 12:00pm
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 5th Avenue New York, NY 10029