The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will be sponsoring a symposium, entitled “Microbiology of the Built Environment: Implications for Health and Design” at the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Conference and Global Forum in Washington, DC from Jan 24-26, 2017.
The symposium will be chaired by Dr. Karen Dannemiller, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health at The Ohio State University. The symposium will be co-chaired by Mark Weir, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health at The Ohio State University and additional speakers will include Michael Morowitz (University of Pittsburgh), Amy Pruden (Virginia Tech), Jessica Green (University of Oregon), and Jade Mitchell (Michigan State University).
Topics will include use of DNA sequencing for microbiology of the built environment research, premise plumbing systems, childhood asthma, hospital microbiomes and neonatal development, antibiotic resistance, risk modeling, and building design and mitigation.
More information about NCSE may be found HERE.
