Houston Strategic Health Effects Research Panel SHERPII

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Houston Strategic Health Effects Research Panel
SHERPII

• Maria T. Morandi, Ph.D., CIH
• University of Texas-Houston
• School of Public Health
• SHERPII member
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SHERP II Members

• Governments
• Elena Marks / Karl Pepple, City of Houston
• Michael Honeycutt, TCEQ
• Ruben Casso, USEPA Region VI
• Academia
• Maria Morandi, UT School of Public Health
• George Delclos, UT School of Public Health
• Winifred Hamilton, Baylor College of Medicine
• Lovell Jones / Janice Chilton, MD Anderson Cancer
  Center
• Business/Industry
• Robert Biles, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
• James Collins, Dow Chemical, Epidemiology
• Stuart Cagen, Shell Chemical
• NGO
• John Balbus, Environmental Defense
• Jane Laping, Mothers for Clean Air

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SHERP II

• Objectives
• Update compilation on research and data sources
• Expand the SHERP II membership to be more
  representative of all stakeholders
• Revisit and update the priorities and
  recommendations made in 2002
• Identify the means to implement SHERP II
  recommendations
• First meeting held on October 6, public roll-out
  expected in January

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SHERP II

• 2002 Focus
• Epidemiology research
• Air toxics (HAPS)
• Houston-specific data

• 2005 Evolving Focus
• Multidisciplinary research
• Env. Health Paradigm framework
• Air pollutants of concern in Houston-Galveston
• Exploit exposure and population characteristics
  that are unique to Houston in order to address
  key scientific question in the exposure-health
  effects continuum

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Environmental Health Paradigm
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SHERP II

• 2002 Focus
• Epidemiology research
• Air toxics (HAPS)
• Houston-specific data

• 2005 Evolving Focus
• Multidisciplinary research
• Env. Health Paradigm framework
• Air pollutants of concern in Houston-Galveston
• Utilize exposure and population characteristics
  that are unique to Houston in order to address
  key scientific question in the exposure-health
  effects continuum

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SHERP II

• 2002 Focus
• Epidemiology research
• Air toxics (HAPS)
• Houston-specific data

• 2005 Evolving Focus
• Multidisciplinary research
• Env. Health Paradigm framework
• Air pollutants of concern in Houston-Galveston
• Utilize exposure and population characteristics
  that are unique to Houston in order to address
  key scientific question in the exposure-health
  effects continuum

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RIOPA AIR EXHANGE RATES(1/hr)
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas PM2.5 Concentrations (ug/m3)
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RIOPA-Texas NON-PARAMETRIC CORRELATIONS FOR
INDOOR, OUTDOOR AND PERSONAL
CONCENTRATIONS OF PM2.5
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RIOPA-Texas Outdoor and Indoor Gas- and
Particle-Bound Concentrations of Selected PAH's
(ng/m3)
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RIOPA-Texas Personal time- location patterns (
time)
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RIOPA-Texas Parent-Child Exposures (N77)
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SHERP II (continued)

• 2002 Focus
• Technical and professional audience
• Matrix of relevant research studies in Texas

• 2005 Evolving Focus
• Broader community of all stakeholders
• Matrix of research studies and scientific
  resources in Texas
• Develop a Center for Environmental Health Studies

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SHERP II

• QUESTIONS?

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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs
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RIOPA-Texas VOCs