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2022
Social science for EPA resilience tools: flooded homes website & environmental resilience tools wizard
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jul 07, 2022]
Helping families clean up and repair homes affected by flooding is a critical resilience step. Flooded homes present indoor air quality and other environmental health risks. Developing effective risk communication about what these risks are and how to address them requires both t...
Understanding EJ and how to support communities at the intersection of wildfire smoke and public health
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : May 16, 2022]
This presentation summaries the recent confab our team hosted with R10 partners on EJ, risk communication, and wildfire smoke. 
2021
A deep learning approach to identify smoke plumes in satellite imagery in near real-time for health risk communication
(JOURNAL) [Published : Feb 01, 2021]
Background: Wildland fire (wildfire; bushfire) pollution contributes to poor air quality, a risk factor for premature death. The frequency and intensity of wildfires are expected to increase; improved tools for estimating exposure to fire smoke are vital. New-generation satellite...
Approaches to Address Current Challenges Posed by Wildfires
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Feb 18, 2021]
The Air and Energy program supports wildland fire research across its portfolio. Research topics include air quality modeling, measurements, health and ecological impacts, climate change impacts, sensors, integration of fire emissions, atmospheric, and ecosystem models, and risk ...
EPA Tools & Resources Webinar: Smoke Sense – a Citizen (Social) Science Approach to Inform and Improve Public Health Related to Wildfire Smoke Exposure
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Sep 15, 2021]
Strategies for effective health risk communication during wildfire smoke Presenter: Ana Rappold, EPA ORD   Air pollution and wildfire smoke can have immediate and lasting health effects. Individuals who are regularly exposed to poor air quality may report different health beha...
EPA's Homeland Security Decontamination Research Approach for Wide Area Incidents
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jul 27, 2021]
HSRP performs applied research that delivers relevant and timely methods, tools, data, technologies, and technical expertise in support of federal, regional, state, tribal, water systems, and local community resilience. HSRP has engaged partners to identify the high priority home...
Editorial: Understanding and Communicating Wildland Fire Smoke Risk
(JOURNAL) [Published : Sep 29, 2021]
Understanding the formation, transport, and health impact of wildland fire smoke is a complex task. Emerging methods to characterize air quality - including miniaturized air quality sensors, fusion of multiple data types (e.g., satellite remote sensing data, models), and interact...
How to Get to Know Communities and Cultures: Methods for Remediation, Removal, and Redevelopment Projects
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Nov 19, 2021]
This report provides a social science-based methodology for learning about key characteristics and constituencies of communities, cultures, and affected populations near contaminated sites. Learning about communities supports building relationships and trust, and conducting cultu...
Leveraging Risk Communication Science across US Federal Agencies
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 28, 2021]
Many US federal agencies apply principles from risk communication science across a wide variety of hazards. In so doing, they identify key research and practice gaps that, if addressed, could help better serve the Nation’s communities and greatly enhance practice, research,...
ORD's Collaborative Research to Reduce Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 17, 2021]
ORD's wildland fire smoke research involves many outside partners, including other federal organizations, state/local/tribal air agencies, nonprofits, and the private sector. This presentation covers six different research efforts related to wildland fire smoke and describes how ...
Partnering for Public Engagement in Wildfire Smoke Science - Increasing Effective Public Health Risk Communication through Active Partnerships
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Apr 06, 2021]
This abstract does not reflect EPA policy. Wildfire smoke impacts air quality and adversely impacts public health. Led by researchers at the U.S. EPA, Smoke Sense is a citizen science research initiative that aims to improve public health risk communication and reduce the negativ...
Public Health and Health Care Partner Workshop: Summary Report
(SUMMARY) [Published : Jun 15, 2021]
From August 31 – September 2, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) held a virtual workshop with public health, health care, and health care system practitioners to discuss environmental health priorities within their fields...
The EPA flooded homes website: designing risk communication on indoor air quality risks after flooding
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Oct 13, 2021]
Present slides at the Florida Environmental Health Association's Annual Education Meeting to update them on the flooded homes website project and discuss lessons learned for approaching risk communication related to health hazards and flooded homes.
Wildfires and Air Quality Part 2, Smoke Sense and Smoke Ready Communities
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Apr 21, 2021]
Presentation for EPA Environmental Justice Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples. No Abstract
2020
A Cumulative Risk Perspective for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Professionals
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 31, 2020]
Cumulative risk assessment (CRA) addresses the combined risk associated with chemical and non-chemical exposures. Although CRA approaches are utilized in environmental and ecological contexts, they are rarely applied in workplaces. In this Perspectives article, we strive to rais...
A deep learning approach to identify smoke plumes in satellite imagery
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 19, 2020]
This research was completed during the authors' previous position at Duke University prior to August 2020. Exposure to pollution from wildland fires (wildfires; bushfires) contributes significantly to poor air quality, a leading risk factor for premature death. The frequency and ...
Application of a Unified Probabilistic Framework to the Dose-Response Assessment of Acrolein
(JOURNAL) [Published : Oct 01, 2020]
Background: In quantitative chemical risk assessment, a reference value is an estimate of an exposure to a chemical that is considered sufficiently low-risk. Because current “deterministic” approaches do not quantitatively characterize the likelihood or severity of ha...
Characterizing risk for harmful algae blooms on the Ohio River using time series data
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Sep 03, 2020]
Two large harmful cyanobacteria blooms (CyanoHABs) have occurred on the Ohio River: One in 2015, affecting most of the river’s length, the other in 2019 covering 300 miles from Ashland to Louisville, KY. The blooms have threatened drinking water for millions of people, prom...
Knowing Your Audience: A Typology of Smoke Information Seekers to Inform Broader Health Risk Communications
(JOURNAL) [Published : May 05, 2020]
Central to public health risk communication is understanding the perspectives and shared values among individuals who need the information. Using the responses from a Smoke Sense citizen science project, we examined perspectives on the issue of wildfire smoke as a health risk in ...
Overview of the public health impacts of wildfires
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Sep 21, 2020]
Wildfires have various impacts on water quality and air quality—which can ultimately impact public health. US EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) has a diverse and robust wildfire and public health research portfolio. ORD research on water impacts of wildfi...
Public Health Implications of Wildland Fire Smoke and Communicating Risk
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Feb 14, 2020]
The presentation describes the public health impact of wildland fire smoke exposures, the strategies to minimize risk, and knowledge gaps that when filled, will help health officials better protect the public during wildland fires. The presentation highlights resources available ...
Smoke Sense Overview and Insights on Risk Communication
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Sep 29, 2020]
In the presentation we will provide a brief introduction and background on the topics of wildland fire smoke, air quality, and public health. Next, we will provide an overview of the Smoke Sense citizen science initiative. Lastly, we will share findings from a recent Smoke Sense ...
Wildfire Smoke: Exploring How Community Capacity Can Increase Preparedness, Response, Recovery, and Resilience
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Aug 25, 2020]
The presentation will share an overview of the Smoke Ready Communities project with a focus on the research component.
2019
A Flow-Based Risk Characterization Model for HABs on the Ohio River
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Nov 08, 2019]
In August of 2015 an unprecedented harmful cyanobacteria bloom (CyanoHAB) occurred over 700 miles of the 981-mile Ohio River. The bloom threatened drinking water of 5 million people and caused five states to set advisories that lasted more than 2 months. To meet several assistanc...
Air Pollution Monitoring for Health Research and Patient Care. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
(JOURNAL) [Published : Oct 01, 2019]
Air quality data from satellites and low-cost sensors, along with output from air quality models, have the potential to augment high quality, regulatory-grade data in countries with in situ monitoring networks and provide much needed air quality information in countries without t...