Environment and Health: Complex Interactions

Environment and Health Fund's Annual Conference was held on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

The Keynote Speakers

Dr. Linda Birnbaum - Director (retired), National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

Prof. Mark Nieuwenhuijsen - Director, Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative, ISGLOBAL

Conference Presentations

Opening Session

How to Make Cities Healthier

Prof. Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Director, Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiate, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL)

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) – The Effects of Forever Chemicals
Dr. Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Second Session

Metabolomics in Environmental Health
Dr. Lauren Petrick, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Exposure to Phthalates and Androgen Levels in Cord Blood
Prof. Ronit Machtinger, IVF Unit, Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
Burden of Mortality due to Ambient Fine Particulate Air Pollution (PM_2.5) in Israel
Dr. Alina Vodonos Zilberg, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos in Mice Induces Sex-Dependent Changes in Cognitive-Emotional Behavior
Prof. Ora Kofman, Psychology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Children in Israel: Dietary Associations and Implications for Risk Assessment
Dr. Ziva Hamama, National Food Services, Ministry of Health

Third Session

Climate Change and Health

Dr. Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Environmental Epidemiology in a Changing World
Prof. Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Director, Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiate, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL)