Hot Topics in Healthcare: Poor Air Quality Exacerbating COVID-19 Morbidity/Hospitalizations/Mortality
OCTOBER 26, 2022 | 7 P.M. — 8 P.M.
VIRTUAL
The emergence of COVID-19 has presented various public health challenges, not only due to the nature of the disease and associated illnesses but also due to the exacerbation of previously existing public health issues. One such issue is poor air quality exposure and the associated hospitalizations and deaths related to particulate matter exposure in both the acute and long terms
This session will examine the association between exposure to poor air quality to rates of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.
Guest Speaker
Casey Mace Firebaugh, MPH, PhD
Dr. Mace Firebaugh serves as a doctoral committee chair for students completing their DHSc (Doctor of Health Sciences) doctoral projects at Bay Path. She is an experienced teacher and scholar in the field of health sciences.
She received her doctorate from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, with an emphasis on population health, and her Master of Public Health from Indiana University, Bloomington, with an emphasis on social and behavioral health.
Her subject matter expertise includes physical activity, aging, yoga, mental health (anxiety/depression), environmental health, and climate change. She mainly conducts and publishes quantitative studies but also conducts mixed-methods or qualitative research.
Dr. Mace has published over 25 peer-reviewed research papers and has presented at numerous conferences.
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