SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AEROSOL HEALTH EFFECTS RESEARCH CENTER (SAHERC)
Impact/Purpose:
This proposal will investigate the mechanistic links between ambient particles and the health effects that they elicit. This objective entails two goals:
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Understanding the metabolic response of tissue and organs when they are exposed to particulate pollutants,
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and understanding the characteristics of the particulate pollutants and their gaseous co-pollutants that elicit these responses.
Description:
All studies in the SAHERC were being undertaken within the primary theme of ambient particulate matter and resulting health effects in the San Joaquin Valley. Below is a chart outlining the relationship between the centers five projects. All five research projects were complementary and focused on the role of particulates in pulmonary and cardiovascular health effects. The research accomplishments for these studies are summarized in separate reports for each project.
In addition to accomplishments reported separately for each project, the administrative core supported a number of outreach programs to scientists and the community, as specified in the original proposal.
Conferences Sponsored by SAHERC
Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms (Dec 2006, 2008 & 2010)
A biennial meeting held at UC Davis of more than 100 scientists and engineers worldwide to discuss cutting-edge research into chemical mechanisms in the atmosphere.
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Topic: Modeling Gas Phase Photochemistry
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Attendees: 120 - 170
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Location: UC Davis
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Sponsors: EPA, CARB, European Union & American Chemistry Council
International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms (Dec 2007, 2009 & 2011)
A biennial meeting held at UC Davis more than 100 international scientists and engineers to share information about development of mathematical models of atmospheric photochemistry.
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Topic: Modeling Atmospheric Aerosol Processes
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Attendees: 100 - 120
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Location: UC Davis
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Sponsors: EPA, CARB, American Chemistry Council
Aviation Environmental Impacts (March 2007 ~ 2011)
Breaking Barriers 07 / Flying Green 08 / Revolution in Aviation 09 / Ecoaerovision 10 / Boom! Blast! Boost! 11
An annual meeting held usually in southern California bringing together more than 200 international stakeholders from government, industry and research to discuss the environmental impacts of aviation and the formation of policy and technology to address these impacts.
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Topic: Aviation and the Environment
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Attendees: 225 ~ 300
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Location: Palm Springs, San Francisco, San Diego & Tucson
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Sponsors: Industry, Government, Environmental Organizations
Green Acres - Blue Skies (June 2008, 2009 & 2010)
A recurring conference bringing together the ag industry, regulators and researchers to discuss the latest findings, policy and mitigation technologies to address the emissions and control of air pollution from agricultural operations.
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Topic: Agricultural Emissions of Air Pollutants & Impacts
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Attendees: 50 ~150
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Location: UC Davis
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Sponsors: Ag Industry, Regulators & UC Davis
Governors Global Climate Summit (Nov 2010)
The AQRC was instrumental in assembling presentations of campus scientists on climate change and sharing recent research through a poster session for delegates. In addition we assembled the UC Davis exhibition highlighting climate change work on campus.
Air Pollution Impacts of Secondary Roadways and their Mitigation (Jan. 2008) Workshop on the topic of near road (mostly non-freeway) air pollution impacts and mitigation strategies to share new data being developed by several agencies along with important recent findings and their implications for planning.
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Topic: Air pollution from roadways
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Attendees: 50
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Location: UC Davis
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Sponsors: EPA Region IX, Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails, the Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD, and the UC Davis DELTA Group and Air Quality Research Center
Community Outreach Sponsored by SAHERC
Passport to Air Quality and Health: A program designed to bring junior high age girls to campus to learn about air quality, health and to engage them in science and math, while encouraging higher education by receiving mentorship from female faculty, post-docs and graduate students. We reached about 400 students with this program.
Record Details:
Record Type:PROJECT(
ABSTRACT
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Start Date:10/01/2005
Completion Date:09/30/2010
Record ID:
144550
Keywords:
AMBIENT AIR, OZONE, EXPOSURE, HEALTH EFFECTS, HUMAN HEALTH, METABOLISM, SENSITIVE POPULATIONS, INFANTS, CHILDREN, PAH, METALS, OXIDANTS, AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION,
Related Organizations:
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS
Organization Name
:SJVAHEC
Project Information:
Approach
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The proposed center is composed of five projects supported by five cores. The projects will investigate the metabolic response to pollutant exposure in pulmonary and cardiovascular tissues, whole animal effects of exposure, transport of particles from the airways to other tissues, and the effects of particles and gases on lung development in juveniles. The projects will take both top down approaches, identifying the characteristics of particles that elicit health responses, and bottom up approaches, examining the metabolic responses that these particles elicit. We will perform both field and laboratory studies. The field studies will take place in the San Joaquin Valley of California, one of the worst violators of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter. The laboratory studies will examine the effects of particles from sources or laboratory-generated particles with carefully controlled properties that model ambient ones or those from dominant sources. The research team, composed of physiologists, toxicologists, chemists, and engineers who already collaborate on air pollution studies in the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center, will use their complementary skills to address the center’s objectives.
Cost
:$7,999,767.00
Project IDs:
ID Code
:R832414
Project type
:Center
