[ensu] U of T ENSU ENVIROFLASH- Oct 28 to Nov 11 IES/GOEHU Environment & Health Seminars
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- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:10:47 -0400 (EDT)
ENVIROFLASH
Institute for Environmental Studies &
Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit
UPCOMING ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH SEMINARS
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THURSDAYS, 4:00 p.m.
Room 113, Koffler Institute for Pharmacy Management
569 Spadina Ave., at Bancroft Ave., north of College St.
(west door on Spadina Ave. locked; please use east door)
OCTOBER 28, 4:00 p.m.
JEFFREY BROOK, Senior Research Scientist, Meteorological Service of
Canada; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Public Health Sciences and Dept. of
Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
"Urban air pollution exposure and impacts: today and 'The Day After
Tomorrow'" (abstract below)
NOVEMBER 4, 4:00 p.m.
JAY KEYSTONE, Senior Staff Physician, Centre for Travel and Tropical
Medicine, Toronto General Hospital; Professor, Medicine, U of T
"It's the singer not the song...how to give an effective presentation"
(abstract below)
THUR NOVEMBER 11, 4:00 p.m.
BOB KUSIAK, Biostatistician, Professional and Specialized Services,
Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour
"Cardiovascular disease and dust exposure: what can be learned from
hospital discharge records" (abstract below)
No registration required; all are welcome.
For more information, please contact
Mona El-Haddad (416-978-6526; m.elhaddad@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Please visit www.utoronto.ca/env/seminars.htm for abstracts and updates.
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OCTOBER 28, 4:00 p.m.
JEFFREY BROOK, Senior Research Scientist, Meteorological Service of
Canada; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Public Health Sciences and Dept. of
Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
"URBAN AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE AND IMPACTS: TODAY AND 'THE DAY AFTER
TOMORROW'"
Human health is known to be sensitive to atmospheric conditions. These
include air pollutants related to human emissions and their reactions in
the atmosphere, natural emissions of aeroallergens and weather
conditions. Separate health impacts due to each of these stresses have
been studied, but their combined additive and/or synergistic effects are
not well understood. Furthermore, climate change, arising from
greenhouse gas emissions and radiatively active aerosols, is expected to
lead to different atmospheric conditions in the future. Consequently,
the overall health burden due to air pollution, aeroallergens, and
weather is hypothesized to change.
The goal of this presentation is to provide a brief overview of some
of the current health impacts of exposure to atmospheric stresses and to
discuss issues involved in attempting to project these impacts into the
future when atmospheric conditions over Canada are expected to be
different due to global change.
THUR NOVEMBER 4, 4:00 p.m.
JAY KEYSTONE, Senior Staff Physician, Centre for Travel and Tropical
Medicine, Toronto General Hospital; Professor, Medicine, U of T
"IT'S THE SINGER NOT THE SONG...HOW TO GIVE AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION"
This talk outlines the elements of a lecture, focussing primarily on the
practical aspects that make a presentation so effective. The two most
important principles of a lecture are engagement of the learner and
clarity of expression; knowledge of the subject matter is necessary but
not sufficient, to which any undergraduate student can attest. This
lecture will utilize humour, interactive learning and political
incorrectness in order to show you, the participant, that the ability to
give an excellent large group presentation is not genetic. It can be
learned!
THUR NOVEMBER 11, 4:00 p.m.
BOB KUSIAK, Biostatistician, Professional and Specialized Services,
Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour
"CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DUST EXPOSURE: WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM
HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RECORDS"
Hospital discharge records are shown to be useful in addressing some
questions in occupational health. A study of hospital discharge records
found that cor pulmonale (right sided heart failure) occurred 17 times
more frequently than expected in men diagnosed with pneumoconiosis than
in men discharged from hospital without that diagnosis. When the
diagnoses were re-abstracted from a sample of the hospital records, the
diagnoses were confirmed in 90% of the charts. When a specific dust
exposure was noted in the chart and the diagnosis was coal workers
pneumoconiosis, 67% indicated exposure to coal dust. Of charts with a
diagnosis of silicosis, 73% with a specific dust exposure indicated
silica exposure and 95% of those for asbestosis indicated exposure to
asbestos. The importance of taking occupational histories needs
continued emphasis in medical education.
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THERE ARE NO MORE SEMINARS IN THIS SERIES SCHEDULED FOR THIS TERM.
PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE ABOVE IN DECEMBER OR EARLY JANUARY FOR
WINTER/SPRING SEMINARS.
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