Conference opens
Welcome address
3:00 PM
Introductory comments
Stephania Cormier, Louisiana State University. Chair, Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health
3:05 PM
Welcome to PBRC
John Kirwan
3:10 PM
Opening address
US Senator Bill Cassidy: Federal response to COVID
3:40 PM
Session 1: Pandemic planning: Population screening, testing and vaccination
Chair Peter Sly Trainee: Ulfi Hida Zainita
3:41 PM
Presentation 1: Saliva as a screening matrix: strengths and weaknesses
Luan Vu, Louisiana State University
4:05 PM
Presentation 2: Population screening for SARs-CoV-2 in a*
*K-8 charter school to ensure education continuity for dyslexic students Laura Cassidy, Louisiana Key Academy
4:30 PM
Presentation 3: A moving target: the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on children.
Kirsty Short, The University of Queensland
4:55 PM
Break
10 min break
5:05 PM
Session 2: Trainee presentations and poster session (selected from abstracts)
Chair: Brittany Trottier Trainee: Anh. T. P. Hoang
5:06 PM
Oral Presentation 1: Protecting pregnant women and newborns from the health effects of extreme heat*
*: a content analysis of heat health action plans on maternal and newborn health perspective Yohani Dalugoda, The University of Queensland
5:20 PM
Oral Presentation 2: Inhalation of particulate matter containing environmentally persistent free radicals*
* induces endothelial dysfunction via AhR activation in the air-blood interface Ankit Aryal, Louisiana State University
5:35 PM
Oral Presentation 3: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons alter SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in a mouse model of COVID-19
Shannon Ronca Baylor College of Medicine
5:50 PM
Oral Presentation 4: A community-engaged study of toxic particulate matter*
* near an open-burn/open-detonation hazardous waste thermal treatment facility Chuqi Guo, North Carolina State University
6:05 PM
Oral Presentation 5: Environmentally persistent free radicals in household dust: longitudinal and seasonal trends
Dwan Vilcins, The University of Queensland
6:20 PM
Poster presentations
including finger food and beverages
7:25 PM
Adjourn
end of day one
