Jim Zhang, PhD
Professor, Global Health and Environment
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
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In recent decades, Mongolia has experienced major economic and environmental changes, and suffered from severe air pollution. Major cities in Mongolia have some of the highest ambient particulate matter (PM) concentrations in the world and frequently suffer epidemics of viral respiratory diseases. In an NIH-funded GeoHealth Center in Mongolia, we use a multidisciplinary approach, integrating epidemiologic observational studies and laboratory cell-model toxicology experiments, to investigate whether and how PM exposure affects respiratory viral infections. This presentation will describe the background, specific aims, methodology, and preliminary results of the project.
Jim Zhang is Professor of Global and Environmental Health, at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Global Health Institute. He integrates clinical research, exposure science, toxicology, and epidemiology to examine health effects and underlying biological mechanisms of air pollution exposure. Dr. Zhang co-authored more than 315 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals and environmental science journals. Dr. Zhang is an officially recognized contributor to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the IPCC. In 2012, Dr. Zhang received the Jerome Wesolowski Award, the highest honor of the International Society of Exposure Science. In 2013, Dr. Zhang was named an AAAS Fellow.
The Symposium will be held on Friday, October 27, 2023, from 8:45am – 3:20pm Eastern.
Location: Field Auditorium Room 1112, Grainger Hall, (9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC)