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ASPIRE Children's Environmental Health Center
Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families
College of Health | Oregon State University

ASPIRE Center Newsletter

Welcome! Please enjoy the latest news and updates from our center!
October is Children's Environmental Health Month!

October is Children’s Environmental Health Month! All children deserve clean air, clean water, safer food & products, and healthy places to live, learn, and play. Make your voice heard today in support of these basic rights for children. Visit cehday.org for more information!

Ignite Children's Environmental Health Research Colloquium: Protecting Children’s Environmental Health, Research to Action
October 6, 2023

The ASPIRE Center, Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children & Families, and OSU College of Health hosted the second annual Ignite Children's Environmental Health Research Colloquium. The event was an exciting opportunity to learn more about the amazing work the ASPIRE Center pilot projects are doing to keep kids safe where they live, learn, and play! 

Missed the Ignite event? The recording will be available soon! You can also visit our website to learn more about the ASPIRE Center pilot projects. To view last year's Ignite Event visit 2022 ASPIRE Ignite Event.
 

Have a great idea for a pilot project? The ASPIRE Center pilot project funding application will be posted soon! 
Children's Environmental Health and Research Translation (CEHRT) Centers Annual Meeting September 26-29, 2023 

ASPIRE Center Co-PIs Molly Kile and Megan McClelland; Co-Investigators Veronica Irvin and Perry Hystad; ASPIRE Center Postdoctoral Scholar Sydelle Harrison; and pilot project awardee Sara Jones (Smokewise Ashland) traveled to Washington, DC for the Children's Environmental Health and Research Translation (CEHRT) Centers Annual Meeting. The event was co-sponored by the ASPIRE Center and was an exciting opportunity to go to Capitol Hill and take part in a Congressional Briefing. The ASPIRE team was also able to meet with representatives from Oregon to discuss the importance of Children's Environmental Health!  
Go Green This Halloween!

Costume, crafts, and bats, oh my! Enjoy these fun facts and helpful tips for having a green Halloween! 
  • Pumpkin Power! Growing pumpkins can help improve soil quality, and composting your pumpkins is great for the environment. Pumpkins seeds are also packed with vitamins, so roast your pumpkin seeds for a healthy snack that also reduces waste! 
  • Bats are not only cute and spooky Halloween mascots, but they are also good for the environment! Bats help control pests that might otherwise require the use of chemical pesticides.
  •  Dressing up? Consider a costume swap with friends, or a contest to see who can create the best costume from items they already have available. This will help reduce the impact of producing new costumes and minimize waste!
  • Eco-friendly crafts! Use fallen leaves, twigs, acorns, and other natural materials for Halloween crafts. This not only reduces waste from purchased materials, but also teaches kids about the value of nature.
Student Spotlight

Computer Sciences major Bryce Calhoun joined the ASPIRE Center Development Core in June 2022 to work on the Twitter Coding Project. Bryce stayed on with ASPIRE this summer to work on a special research project with the Development Core. This project involved conducting research on computer vision models and convolutional neural networks in order to determine if they could provide useful insights for children's health.

Bryce said his favorite memory of his time with ASPIRE is the time spent collaborating with a team of students working toward a common goal. On his future plans Bryce said, "My long-term plans are to continue to grow my skills and hands-on experience in programming and machine learning. My goal for the future is to acquire the role of a machine learning engineer."
 
Please stop by the ASPIRE Center office (HFC 229) to see Bryce's research poster!
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Oregon State University’s Advancing Science, Practice, Programming and Policy in Research Translation for Children's Environmental Health (ASPIRE) 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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Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children & Families
2631 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331
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