Environment & Health Webinar Series
Environment is Shaping the Health of Generations: What scientists want you to know to protect your children, families, and communities.
Category: Lunchtime Chats Webinar
The Missing Piece in Stroke Risk – Environmental Factors
In this 45-minute webinar, Maayan Yitshak-Sade, PhD, shares her research on environmental risk factors for stroke, focusing on temperature, greenness, and air pollution. Dr. Yitshak-Sade is an environmental epidemiologist, and she investigates the complex health effects of exposure mixtures and their impacts on morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy across demographic and socioeconomic population groups in the United States.
Webinar: Healthy Schools, Healthy Children
A healthy school environment that includes access to clean air and water and safe spaces to play is critical to children’s health and well-being.
The Brain in Focus: Environmental Exposures, MRI, and Adolescent Brain Health
Megan K. Horton, PhD MPH works within the ongoing longitudinal birth cohort in Mexico City called PROGRESS. In this webinar, she will discuss cutting edge research linking early life metal exposure reconstructed from baby teeth with structural and function brain changes measured using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children and adolescents.
Webinar: Longevity and Environmental Exposures: Uncovering the Links to Age-Related Diseases
R. Sean Morrison, MD, will share his insights as a leading geriatrician and researcher on how environmental factors, such as air pollution, hearing loss, noise, and temperature extremes may influence the development and progression of age-related diseases including Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias.
Mapping Your Environmental Exposures: New AI and Machine Learning Tools for Better Health
Dr. Kloog discussed how new AI and machine learning models that he has developed are being used to study environmental exposures, like air pollution and temperature extremes, and their impact on public health.
WATCH: Early Life Metal Exposure and Brain Development
Early life metal exposures, including lead, manganese, and other toxic metals, can have a significant impact on brain development in children.
Q&A: Dr. Ryan Walker Answers Your Nutrition and Gut Microbiome Questions
The Gut and Microbiome Lunchtime Chat has generated many follow up questions. Gain in-depth insights on the impact of nutrition on gut health from a leading expert in the field.
WATCH: Increased Lung Disease Risk: How Can Exposomics Identify the Most Vulnerable?
A lunchtime chat webinar by Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Mount Sinai Institute For Exposomic Research
WATCH: Nutrition and Gut Microbiome
The gut microbiome is the community of microorganisms that live in the digestive tract and play a crucial role in human health. Dr. Walker will explain how the types of food we eat can affect the balance of bacteria in our gut and impact our overall health. Dr. Walker will also explore the potential benefits of probiotics and other strategies for maintaining a healthy gut microbiome.
Air Pollution Air Pollution & Environmental Extremes Cardiovascular Health Learning Hub Lunchtime Chats Webinar
WATCH: Air Pollution and Heart Health
Air pollution is a major public health concern that has been linked to a number of health problems, including heart disease. In this webinar, Dr. Hadley will discuss the latest scientific research on the connection between air pollution and heart health and what individuals can do to reduce their risk.
WATCH: Forever Chemicals in Everyday Products and Your Health
PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are found in everyday products such as non-stick cookware and waterproof clothing and can accumulate in the body over time. Dr. Valvi will discuss the health risks related to PFAS and how to protect yourself and your family from them.
WATCH: Microplastics – Taking an exposome approach to measure emerging exposures of concern
The last session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats, featuring Douglas I. Walker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
WATCH: How your foods can be protective and improve your health
The fifth session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats, featuring Chris Gennings, PhD, Director of the Division of Biostatistics and Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health; and Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
WATCH: How daytime light improves your nighttime sleep and leads to better health
The forth session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats, featuring Mariana G. Figueiro, PhD, Professor and Director, Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, Department of Population Health Science and Policy
WATCH: Detecting autism at birth and opportunity for early intervention
The third session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats, featuring Manish Arora, BDS, MPH, PhD, Edith J. Baerwald Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
WATCH: Preventing food allergy; It’s more than what is on your fork
The second session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats, featuring Scott Sicherer, MD, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Professor of Allergy, Immunology and Pediatrics and Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
WATCH: Understanding The Role of Exposomics For Clinical Care
The first session of the 2022 Lunchtime Chats. This series aims to reach broad audiences to educate families and communities about how the environment shapes health.
WATCH: Stress and Childhood Asthma: How to Protect Children
Dr. Wright reviews evidence linking psychological stress to asthma expression in children. She highlights protective effects of nutrition and the early caregiving environment.
WATCH: What Newborn Screening Dried Blood Spots Can Tell Us about Early Life Environmental Exposures that May Contribute to Disease
Dr. Petrick shares results from a groundbreaking study that showed differences in dry blood samples from healthy infants to infants that were later diagnosed with childhood leukemia.