Past Work Reports
December 2022 - Feb 2023
Report for Annual Conference 2022 June - November 2022 March - May 2022 December - February 2022 July - November 2021 March 2021 – June 2021 December 2020 - March 2021 June - November 2020 March - May 2020 December 2019 - February 2020 June - November 2019 March - May 2019 December 2018 - February 2019 June - November 2018 March - May 2018 December 2017 - February 2018 June - November 2017 March - May 2017 December 2016 - February 2017 September - November 2016 March - May 2016 December 2015 - February 2016 July - November 2015 April - June 2015 December 2014 - March 2015 September - November 2014 January - March 2014 Report for 2013 |
Current Work Report: Dec. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Chapter Leadership: Current council members include Hanna Boogaard, Petter Ljungman, Carla Ancona, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera, Kurt Straif, Elaine Fuertes. Maria Foraster has recently stepped down as council member, pursuing a new career and we are currently in the process of her replacement. We have a large group of active associate members who join in our monthly calls and participate and contribute to our activities. These include 22 members: Adjani Peralta, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US; Aina Roca-Barceló, Imperial College London, UK; Artur Badyda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, Alexandra Schneider, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany; Annette Peters, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany; Barbara Hoffman University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Bénédicte Jaquemin, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France; Danielle Vienneau, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland; Ebba Malmqvist, Lund University, Sweden and AirClim; Lorenzo Fabri, ISGlobal, Spain; Maciek Strak, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands; Massimo Stafoggia, Dep of Epidemiology Lazio Region, Italy; Meltem Kutlar Joss, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Switzerland; Mette Sørensen, Danish Cancer Society, Denmark; Michelle Turner, ISGlobal, Spain; Mireille Toledano, Imperial College London, UK; Payam Dadvand, ISGlobal, Spain; Rajini Nagrani, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research & Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany; Sierre Clark, UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom; Tamara Schikowski, Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany; Ulrike Gehring, Utrecht University, Netherlands, and Zorana Andersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. We would like to thank Maria Foraster, ISGlobal for her service. We also would like to thank Evan de Schrijver, University of Bern, for his service as associate member and SNRN liaison who decided to step down due PhD work commitments. Overview of recent and planned chapter activities: The Europe Chapter has been very active in multiple activities to bring scientific evidence to the fore in informing the ongoing revision of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD). We have worked closely with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Brussels health-based NGO’s (e.g., HEAL, EPHA) and the Health Effects Institute (HEI) as well as engaging other stakeholders and decision-makers. This includes:
During the last years we have had a strong interest in engaging research from Eastern and Southeastern Europe and hosted several online activities to that effect. We are currently planning a new event with the aim of an in-person meeting in the region later this year. Furthermore, recognizing the importance of growing interest in noise and health research we have been planning for future activities. This includes discussing the EU proposal for reducing the number of people affected by transportation noise with key ministers. Members of our chapter have also prepared an ISEE ERS ELF statement commenting the health consequences of the planned new UK coal mine. Our activities align with the ISEEs priorities of bringing scientific knowledge and engagement in adequately informing public health and environmental policy. We also strive to expand engagement in research and capacity building through targeting geographical areas in Europe where environmental health is particularly threatened such as in Eastern Europe, foster collaboration and knowledge exchange. We also recognize the importance of considering less well studied environmental hazards such as transportation noise and exposures as a result of climate change. We have not spent funding since the last chapter report but plan to use some of our funds in supporting the in-person event in Brussels as well as the South Eastern Europe meeting. |