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SUMMARY:Christine Loftus\, MS\, MPH\, Ph.D: Where there’s smoke… there’s action?  What ECHO can do to protect children from wildfire smoke
DESCRIPTION:Where there’s smoke… there’s action? What ECHO can do to protect children from wildfire smoke \nCLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PRESENTATION VIA TEAMS \nKey Takeaways: \nWildfire smoke exposure is a growing public health crisis\, causing significant harm to children nationwide. In 2025 alone\, an estimated 12\,000 ECHO participants have experienced at least one serious smoke event. Dr. Loftus’s presentation will describe wildfire smoke research in progress across the ECHO Program\, including a new study collecting time-sensitive data after smoke events\, aiming to characterize short-term health impacts and parents’ efforts to reduce child smoke exposure. Dr. Loftus will also discuss potential future research directions for the program\, focusing on solution-oriented studies that leverage key strengths of the ECHO Cohort. \n \nChristine Loftus\, MS\, MPH\, Ph.D\nClinical Associate Professor\nEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences\nUniversity of Washington \nProject Director  within Cohort 306\nAward PI: ECHO Opportunities and Innovation Fund (OIF)\nCo-chair: ECHO Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke Interest Group \nSpeaker Biography: \nDr. Christine Loftus is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. Her research program focuses on environmental exposures and child health\, including through applications of advanced study designs and statistical methods\, community-engaged methods for remote and rural settings\, and intervention research. She served as the science director of the PATHWAYS Consortium in ECHO Cycle 1 and is currently the project director of a new ECHO site in the Yakima Valley\, recruiting new pregnancies. She’s the co-chair of the ECHO Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke Interest Group and is principal investigator of an ECHO Opportunities and Innovation Fund award in progress\, The Development and Evaluation of a Wildfire Smoke Protocol for Rapid Response (WiSPRR). \nKeywords: Wildfires\, smoke\, interventions\, disaster response \nDownload the slide presentation
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/christine-loftus-ms-mph-ph-d-where-theres-smoke-theres-action-what-can-echo-do-to-protect-children-from-wildfire-smoke/
CATEGORIES:environmental,innovations,outcomes
ORGANIZER;CN="Samia Baluch":MAILTO:saimia.baluch@duke.edu
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SUMMARY:Allan C. Just\, PhD: Air pollution and temperature as spatial factors impacting child health
DESCRIPTION:Air pollution and temperature as spatial factors impacting child health \nKey Takeaways: For this talk\, Dr. Just explores how air pollution and temperature act as spatial factors impacting child health\, with a focus on advanced exposure modeling using satellite data and machine learning. It highlights unique opportunities within the ECHO program to build spatiotemporal exposure models\, integrate diverse data sources\, and improve the accuracy of environmental health studies. Dr. Just also discusses technical challenges\, model comparisons\, and the importance of analyzing short-term exposures and humidity’s role in heat-related health outcomes. \n \nAllan C. Just\, PhD \nNazareth-Ferguson Family University Associate Professor \nof Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology and \nInstitute at Brown for Environment and Society \nSpeaker Biography: Allan C. Just\, PhD\, is an Associate Professor of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society at Brown University. Dr. Just specializes in environmental exposure modeling and epidemiology\, leveraging satellite data and earth observations to enhance exposure assessment for large health registries and cohort studies. Dr. Just is recognized for advancing methodologies in air pollution and temperature modeling to support child health research. \nDownload the slide presentation
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/allan-c-just-phd-air-pollution-and-temperature-as-spatial-factors-impacting-child-health/
CATEGORIES:airways,environmental,innovations,outcomes
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SUMMARY:Courtney K Blackwell\, PhD\, MEd: The kids are(n’t) alright: The role of social media in youth mental health  
DESCRIPTION:The kids are(n’t) alright: The role of social media in youth mental health   \nKey Takeaways: The parallel rise of youth mental health problems and social media use has led to speculations that the latter is a key contributor to the former. The US Surgeon General’s Advisory bolstered such speculations with a recent report detailing the potential harmful effects of social media use on youth mental health. However\, others suggest engaging in social media can have positive psychological influences by increasing social connectedness and providing opportunities for creative self-expression and identity exploration. Dr. Blackwell will explore this duality by reviewing what we know about youth social media use and mental health outcomes\, highlighting recent and on-going ECHO studies on this topic. She will also provide insight into the ECHO media use data more broadly to inspire future work leveraging the ECHO Cohort. \n \nCourtney K Blackwell\, PhD\, MEd\nshe/her/hers\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)\nFeinberg School of Medicine\, Northwestern University\nMPI\, ECHO Measurement Core \nBiography: \nCourtney Blackwell\, PhD\, MEd\, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is the MPI of the ECHO Measurement Core and has expertise in the development\, validation\, and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures and population health surveys for use across the lifespan\, general and clinical populations\, and health domains. Her research on pediatric mental health and well-being emphasizes promotive and protective factors of children’s positive psychological health. With a background in communication studies and the effects of digital media on child development\, Dr. Blackwell has spent the past 10 years collaborating with such organizations as Common Sense Media\, Sesame Workshop\, PBS\, Google\, and Code.org on national surveys of children’s media use\, the development and evaluation of educational media products\, and investigations of the effects of digital media on children’s learning and development. She is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Northwestern University Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (“DevSci”) and the Northwestern Institute for Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being. \nDownload the slide presentation
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/courtney-k-blackwell-phd-med-adolescent-social-media-and-mental-health/
CATEGORIES:neuro,outcomes,positive
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