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DESCRIPTION:Short Bio \n\nDr. Angela Aherrera is an exposure scientist and 
 environmental epidemiologist in the Department of Biostatistics\, Epidemiol
 ogy and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Me
 dicine.  She completed her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins Universi
 ty and received her doctoral and post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkin
 s Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine. Her research la
 rgely focuses on environmental hazards and understanding their role in the 
 development and prevention of adverse respiratory health outcomes. As a NIE
 HS-FDA K99/R00 grantee\, she is currently investigating the exposure and to
 xicity of chemical constituents of concern\, namely metals and aldehydes\, 
 in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) that are popularly used among youth
  and young adults. She was also awarded NIOSH pilot funding to evaluate air
 borne microplastics in an occupational setting. She is currently assessing 
 microfibers\, the most dominant type of microplastic in the environment\, i
 n the garment industry\, and developing a method of sample microfibers repr
 esentative of what is seen in indoor environments in order to evaluate how 
 inhalation of these hazards impacts the general population.\n\n \n\nAbstrac
 t\n\nEmerging airborne exposures that are ubiquitous and known or suspected
  to be harmful to human health warrant attention. The use of disposable ele
 ctronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has grown in popularity among youth and y
 oung adults despite critical knowledge gaps regarding their chemical consti
 tuents and health effects. Another emerging contaminant are microplastics\,
  which have formed as a consequence of exponential growth in global plastic
  production and use\, yet their inhalation impacts are not fully understood
 . In this seminar\, Dr. Aherrera will mainly cover exposure to metals and a
 ldehydes from e-cigarette use and their impact on respiratory health\, incl
 uding inflammation. She will also cover pilot findings from occupational ex
 posures of airborne microfibers\, the most dominant type of microplastic in
  an indoor garment factory setting.
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LOCATION:Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, 17 East 102nd Street\, 5
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SUMMARY:AIRBORNE ASSAILANTS: EMERGING EXPOSURES FROM DISPOSABLE E-CIGARETTE
 S AND MICROPLASTICS\, AND THEIR POTENTIAL RESPIRATORY HEALTH EFFECTS 
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URL:https://events.mountsinaihealth.org/event/airborne-assailants-emerging-
 exposures-from-disposable-e-cigarettes-and-microplastics-and-their-potentia
 l-respiratory-health-effects
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