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Dr. Akhgar Ghassabian: Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Risk of Autism: New Insight from ECHO Cohorts
December 13, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Risk of Autism: New Insight from ECHO Cohorts
Key Takeaways:
- In the past decade, air pollution has substantially declined in the US because of policies informed by environmental monitoring and research.
- A recent analysis of EPA data shows a reversal of trends, confirming that a national decade-long trend toward better air quality might be reversing.
- Concerns are increasing regarding adverse health outcomes of low-level air pollution.
- Given the emerging evidence that shows the potential role of environmental chemical exposures in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the need to identify air pollution exposure as a modifiable risk factor of ASD is warranted.
Speaker:
Akhgar Ghassabian, MD PhD
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone’s Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Ghassabian obtained her medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed a master’s and a PhD in epidemiology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was the Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) fellow at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Currently, she is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.