Keynote Presentation: Environment, Health and Justice: The Power of Community and Inter-disciplinary Science

Speaker: Ana Navas-Acien, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University

This talk will discuss the role of addressing environmental exposures to improve people’s health and advance environmental justice with a focus on communities that are affected by hazardous metal exposures from abandoned mines in the Northern Plains and the Southwest. Different types of data, the synergistic impact of multi-disciplinary approaches and interventions, and the role of traditional knowledge and data sovereignty will be presented.

This is a part of the Love Data Week 2024 events. Check the full event schedule and register here https://dataservices.library.jhu.edu/love-data-week/schedule/.