🗣Speaker: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental, Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Abstract: Air pollution has been consistently linked to numerous adverse health outcomes, including premature mortality, cardiorespiratory, and pregnancy outcomes. Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in characterizing the impacts of air pollution exposure on the nervous system and, specifically, its role in neurodegeneration. This presentation will provide an overview of findings from Dr. Kioumourtzoglou’s lab on the link between air pollution exposures (predominantly to fine particulate matter and its components) and multiple neurodegenerative outcomes, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The analyses leverage nationwide and state-wide health records from the United States, Denmark, and New York State. Exposure assessment was conducted using concentrations measured at monitoring sites and predicted from models at high spatio-temporal resolution. Overall, consistently harmful associations were observed across studies and outcomes, with effect estimates varying across pollutants examined
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