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Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace
Submitted by cmjones on April 6, 2007 - 1:04pm.Title:
Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace
Summary:
Big Ideas @ Berkeley marketplace lets alumni, corporate and foundation partners, friends, and family support Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students who are passionate about tackling major global, regional, and local challenges such as clean energy, the environment, public health, safe drinking water, public policy, and technology-based entrepreneurship.
More Information:
Supporters can sponsor a “Big Idea” in the following ways:
1)Make financial or in-kind contributions to specific projects
2)Sponsor a future "Bears Breaking Boundaries" contest
3)Help raise funds (using ChipIn) from their friends and colleagues
4)Provide students with advice and connections to potential partners.
Environmental projects related to the environment can be found here:
Environment & Energy: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/13/all/all
Global Development: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/22/all/all
Health: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/14/all/all
Human Rights & Social Justice: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/23/all/all
Public Policy:http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/25/all/all
Science & Technology: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/projects/26/all/all
Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD)
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 2:25pm.Name of Research Center:
Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD)
Description:
The mission of the Center is to promote and disseminate the use of entrepreneurial methods to improve the health of families in developing countries. CEIHD brings the expertise of business and public health professionals to focus on problems related to the unmet need for health services and products, and to create market conditions that facilitate the reduction of indoor air pollution.
Balmes, John R.
Submitted by admin on June 21, 2007 - 12:32pm.Name of Person:
Balmes, John R.
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Department:
Public Health, Professor
Research Interests:
Dr. Balmes' laboratory, the Human Exposure Laboratory (HEL), has been studying the respiratory health effects of various air pollutants for the past 15 years. Recently, the HEL has been focusing on the airway inflammatory effects of ozone and fine particles.
Nicas, Mark
Submitted by admin on June 22, 2007 - 11:07am.Name of Person:
Nicas, Mark
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Department:
Public Health, Adjunct Professor
Research Interests:
Dr. Nicas has two primary research interests. First, he develops mathematical models to estimate exposure intensity to airborne chemical toxicants. Such models consider the pollutant emission rate and the dispersion pattern in air. Dr. Nicas uses two approaches - a traditional method based on deterministic differential equations and a probabilistic method involving Markov chain techniques. Second, he develops probability models for infection by airborne pathogens (e.g., M. tuberculosis, Y. pestis, C. immitis), with an immediate application to the risk-based selection of personal respiratory protection.
Cancer death rates remain high decades after exposure to arsenic, new study finds
Submitted by admin on June 21, 2007 - 10:55am.Date Posted:
Jun 12 2007
Title of News:
Cancer death rates remain high decades after exposure to arsenic, new study finds
Summary:
Death rates from lung and bladder cancer remained high decades after residents in northern Chile were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, according to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago.
Source:
UCB News Center
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Find Evidence of Link Between Outdoor Ozone and Building-Related Health Symptoms
Submitted by sprowles on January 24, 2008 - 2:44pm.Date Posted:
Jan 23 2008
Title of News:
Berkeley Lab Scientists Find Evidence of Link Between Outdoor Ozone and Building-Related Health Symptoms
Summary:
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found evidence that the prevalence of building-related symptoms (BRS) increases with increasing outdoor concentrations of the pollutant ozone. They have also discovered that the type of air filter that some buildings use in their ventilation systems may also play a role in the prevalence of BRS.
Source:
LBNL ResearchNews
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Environmental Health Committee of Undergrad Public Health Coalition
Submitted by cmjones on February 14, 2007 - 1:39pm.Name of Organization:
Environmental Health Committee of Undergrad Public Health Coalition
Purpose:
To make an impact in local and global environmental and health issues through service learning, action, and education. Collaborating with Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) to ensure
that university funds are used in a socially and environmentally
responsible manner.
Jackson, Richard
Submitted by admin on June 21, 2007 - 12:57pm.Name of Person:
Jackson, Richard
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Department:
Public Health, Adjunct Professor
Research Interests:
Health policy as it is shaped by housing, transportation, agricultural, environmental, economic policy. Specific effects of toxic chemicals on health, especially that of children. Biomonitoring of chemical body burdens and health. Pesticides and human health.
Hammond, Katherine S.
Submitted by admin on June 21, 2007 - 12:22pm.Name of Person:
Hammond, Katherine S.
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Department:
Public Health, Professor
Research Interests:
Dr. Hammond's early work focused on the pulmonary effects of exposures to silicon carbide in manufacturing, the carcinogenic potential of diesel exhaust exposures in railroad workers, the effects of exposure to solvents among boat builders, and the effect of exposure to machining fluids in the automobile industry. One of her continuing interests has been that of quantifying exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Public Health
Submitted by cmjones on March 14, 2007 - 1:15pm.Department:
PB HLTH
Course Number:
274
Course Title:
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Public Health
Instructor:
Selo
Description:
The goal of this course is to
familiarize students with applications of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) and remote sensing (RS) in Public Health. Selected case studies will be
presented in order to highlight principles, methods, and techniques of spatial
analysis. Topics include making effective disease surveillance maps, color
theory and visualization, global positions systems (GPS), remote sensing data
acquisition, visualization, classification, and accuray assessment. Relevant
studies will be presented for students interested in infectious diseases,
vector control, cancer cluster detection, environmental health, and healthcare access. Hands-on exercises and a
project will provide practical experience in the use of GIS and RS tools and
methods.
Units:
3
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Graduate