ASP3IRE Newsletter
Welcome! Please enjoy the latest news and updates from our center!
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ASP3IRE Data Science Workshop!
Images from social media, smartphones, and Google Street View contain large amounts of information about the world we live in and how our environment can influence health. The ASP3IRE Center is developing tools called deep learning models to extract this information. Some of the information we’re extracting from images include pedestrian and vehicle behavior near crosswalks, as well as what types of and how much nature is available and visible across Oregon neighborhoods and urban centers. We believe deep learning models should be available to all Oregon public health researchers and practitioners.
We are planning a free workshop designed to teach participants how to run popular deep learning models for collecting information from images. Participants will analyze images and interpret the results to answer important public health questions.
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ASP3IRE Center Pilot Project Awardees Team Up for Air Quality Monitoring in Schools!
April 13-14, 2023
ASP3IRE Center Pilot Project Awardees, Sara Jones (Designing a Model of PM 2.5 Interventions for Children in Ashland) and Parichehr Salimifard (Wildfire-Pandemic-Resilient Ventilation Control), teamed up to install air quality monitoring equipment in five (5) Southern Oregon locations, including two schools, a public library section for children, a science museum classroom for children, and the Oregon Child Development Center. Together, they were able to join forces to help improve indoor air quality for Oregon children!
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Samaritan Health Services 2023 Regional Scholarly Symposium
ASP3IRE Center Co-Principal Investigator, Molly Kile, presented at the Samaritan Health Services 2023 Regional Scholarly Symposium April 19th.
The in-person symposium is an annual event for medical residents to present their research and quality improvement projects to attending physicians and other Samaritan staff. The event is also open to community members, including students and staff from OSU and COMP-NW College of Osteopathic Medicine. Molly shared information on children's environmental health (CEH) research, the goals of the Children's Environmental Health Research Translation (CEHRT) Centers, and opportunities for health care professionals to collaborate and engage in CEH activities.
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Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative Conference
May 1-2, 2023
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The ASP3IRE Center set up an incentive program to help childcare centers interested in obtaining the Eco-Healthy Child Care® endorsement achieve their goals of eliminating environmental hazards where children learn and play!
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May is Clean Air Month!
To honor clean air month, ASP3IRE Center Investigators Molly Kile, Megan MacDonald, and Perry Hystad hosted an OSU Public Health Insider virtual event on May 9th titled "A Breath of Fresh Air." In this presentation they discussed air quality issues in Oregon, including the impact of wildfires on air quality and the potential health outcomes, especially for children who are more vulnerable to these effects. The event provided useful details on how to find your local air quality index and how schools can use this information to make decisions about outdoor school activities, such as recess, PE, and athletic practice/events.
Did you know nearly 70% of public and private K-12 schools in Oregon are located in areas defined as Fire Smoke Sensitive?
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Reduce Spring Pesticide Use!
Pesticides can be especially harmful to children because their bodies and brains are still developing, they take more breaths per minute than adults, and have more skin surface relative to body weight than adults. Children also commonly put their hands or other objects in their mouth, and they often spend more time closer to the ground where pesticides may have been applied.
So, with spring weather upon us you may be noticing those pesky weeds in your lawn and garden, or more insects in and around your home. But before you turn to pesticides to manage these problems, consider using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach instead. IPM is a safer, more sustainable way to manage pests and significantly reduce or eliminate the need for pesticides.
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Oregon State University’s Advancing Science, Practice, Programming and Policy in Research Translation for Children's Environmental Health (ASP3IRE) Center is proud to be one of six centers in the United States funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to develop strategies to translate key children’s environmental health research findings to relevant stakeholders.
We are a dedicated, cross-disciplinary team working together to improve children’s health and wellbeing. Our efforts focus on accelerating the adoption of evidence-informed policies, programs, and practices that can reduce harmful environmental exposures where children live, learn, and play.
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