Health effects of household air pollution due to solid fuel use: evidence from observational studies and randomized intervention trials

Description: The talk will focus on observational and experimental evidence from epidemiological studies of the relationship between household air pollution and childhood respiratory disease. We will assess evidence from these studies using typical conditions for identifiability of causal effects, namely, consistency, non-interference, exchangeability, positivity, and no measurement error.

About the Speaker: Dr. McCracken is an environmental epidemiologist with interest in preventing disease by intervention research on environmental risk factors. His main research focus has been on health effects of air pollution, particularly from use of solid fuels for cooking in low income settings. Dr. McCracken is co-lead of the Guatemalan intervention research center within the multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) and Principal Investigator of a HAPIN follow-up study examining respiratory disease and molecular markers of effects in children. He has also conducted research related to surveillance and control of infectious disease in Guatemala since 2009, in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Guatemala Ministry of Health.

THIS IS A HYBRID SEMINAR WITH IN-PERSON & REMOTE ATTENDANCE OPTIONS.
This seminar will be held in Field Auditorium (room 1112), Grainger Hall.
Visit the seminar website for a livestream link to tune in virtually.
Both attendance options (in person and virtual) are free and open to all.