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Life Lessons on the Path to Improving Urban Air Quality and Public Health

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 4–5 p.m. (Q&A and reception to follow)
Chancellor's Hall and Auditorium, Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE)
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Every day we breathe in enough air to fill an entire swimming pool. On average, Americans spend 54 years of our lives in our homes, six years outdoors and four years in our cars. ÌýSo, what is in the air we are breathing? Ìý

We know that air pollution from traffic and industry, and chemicals from our everyday activities are in our air. The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that even airborne viruses are in the air we breathe. While clean outdoor air and water are considered a public good, improved indoor air quality traditionally has not been seen in this light. Poor air quality seriously impacts our health including exacerbating asthma, cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases and cancer, and it impacts many of our communities disproportionately. Ìý

Professor Shelly L. Miller has dedicated her career to teaching about urban air pollution sources, their impacts, and what we can do to improve air quality and our health. In this talk, Miller will share her impactful research on indoor air quality in our homes, in our disproportionately impacted communities and during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will also share some of the important life lessons learned on her path to improving our air and health.Ìý