The Internet of things has exploded the use of sensors in our day-to-day lives. This presentation will discuss the use of sensor data across the environmental health paradigm from emission of pollutants to exposure to health effects. Ambient, occupational, and personal monitoring approaches will be discussed, along with interventions to reduce exposures, with a focus on air pollution exposures.
Bio:
Kirsten Koehler is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Health and Engineering department at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her goals are to improve exposure assessment methods to inform occupational and public health policy. Her research goals focus on improving spatiotemporal exposure assessment for air pollutants and climate-related exposures. Much of her research focuses on the ways air pollution impacts those with existing diseases like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She is also interested in how lower-cost sensor technologies can be used to improve our understanding of the variability in exposures within cities.