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2024 IHHE Housing, Health, and the Environmental Justice Research Workshop

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing Auditorium

The University of Rochester Institute for Human Health and the Environment invites you to join a Research Workshop on Housing, Health and Environmental Justice in the Rochester Region to learn how home-based environmental exposures affect health equity. This workshop will:

  • Build researchers’ and community partners’ understanding of the connections between housing environments and health
  • Identify unique opportunities for healthy homes research in the Rochester region
  • Foster new projects to inform solutions

Registration is now open!
Deadline: April 3rd

Register Here

For questions or enquiries, please contact us at ihhe@urmc.rochester.edu

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Keynote Speaker

Amanda L. Reddy, M.S.
Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing

Local Overview Presenter

Melissa Berrien
Director of Resident Services
Rochester Housing Authority

Healthy Housing Research Panelists

Michelle Del Rio, PHD
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Indiana University, Bloomington

Kevin Kennedy, MPH, CIEC
Environmental Health Scientist
Healthy Indoors Consulting

Robin Dodson, ScD
Associate Director of Research Operations
Silent Spring Institute

Human Health and the Environment Research Symposium

Thursday, June 29th, 2023, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm 
Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing Auditorium (Room 1W-304)

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Invited Speakers

Rick Woychik, PhD
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences & National Toxicology Program  

Lee Murray, PhD
Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester

Pamela J Lein, PhD
Department Chair & Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of California, Davis

Deborah Cory-Slechta, PhD
Professor, Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester