The Summer Quarterly Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study will take place on July 9, 2025 from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
The topic will be Environment and Public Health.
Location: Room 206, Technology Research Center (TRC) on the UMBC campus.
Remote link: https://umd.zoom.us/my/dexter.locke
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Click HERE to download the agenda or see below. We look forward to seeing you all there!
– 12:30 Refreshments and Conversation
– 12:40 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
Rylee Wernoch
– 12:45 Spatial Science for Better Health: The Role of GIS in Understanding Environmental Determinants
Paige Brochu, University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab
– 1:00 Environmental Determinants of Energy Burden and Implications for Heat-Health Vulnerability
Becky Shade, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 1:15 A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Structural Racism, Firearm Homicide, and Fatal Opioid-Involved Overdose: An Injury-Related Syndemic
Mudia Uzzi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 1:30 Cross-cutting Questions
– 1:45 Break
– 2:00 What is the Association Between Greening Vacant Lots and Adolescent Health? A Snapshot of Findings from Project VITAL
Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 2:15 Health Departments & Climate Change in the US
Megan Weil Latshaw, Johns Hopkins
– 2:30 Health Impacts of Place-Based Greening Interventions: A Systematic Review
Dustin Fry, Lehigh University College of Health
– 2:45 Wildfire & Preterm Birth – Current and Future research.
M. Luke Smith, Penn State University
– 3:00 Cross-cutting Questions
– 3:45 Break
– 4:00 Discussion, proposals, opportunities to collaborate & Next Steps?
– 4:30 Adjourn
Dexter Locke
