Presented by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania's "Straight Scoop on Shale" initiative and hosted by Pitt Public Health, this year's conference will feature important new research on shale and public health impacts. Free, registration requested, lunch available for purchase.
Featuring new research presented by national experts:
- Published in July - Lisa McKenzie PhD MPH Congenital Heart Defects and intensity of oil and gas well site activity in early pregnancy
- Published in April - Lee Ann Hill MPH presenting PSE Healthy Energy's examination of how Oil and Gas Waste Management in Pennsylvania has been handled from 1991-2017
- Published in July - Joan A. Casey PhD of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health on unconventional natural gas development, maternal anxiety and depression during pregnancy, and birth outcomes in Pennsylvania
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- Justin Nobel journalist for Rolling Stone and other publications, on radioactive waste
- Nicole Deziel PhD MHS, principal investigator for the Yale Drinking WATER study
- Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral Fellow Drexel School of Public Health, results from research on unconventional natural gas development, heart failure hospitalizations, and the BNP biomarker
- Michael McCawley PhD, of West Virginia University, on compressor station emissions and health
If you are coming from out-of-town, a block of discounted hotel rooms is available at the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, (412)-682-6200.
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