Liam O'Fallon
$10,000
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY/ EXPOSURE ANALYSIS
Kansas
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) is the premier international society devoted to bringing the full value of exposure science to research and decision-making to improve human health and the environment. This conference represents the most comprehensive gathering of environmental exposure scientists and environmental health professionals from academia, government, and organizations from around the world, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field. The theme of the 34th ISES Annual Meeting is “Exposures that Impact Health in Vulnerable Populations”. The 2024 conference will focus on new and emerging environmental health challenges for humans and the ecosystem. Environmental exposures may affect human health and the ecosystem in complex and non-linear ways. Exposure and health issues also vary between local, regional, and global scales. Understanding the complex nature of environmental exposures, the health impacts, and relevant strategies and policies to improve environmental health requires the knowledge, analytical methods, and data collection tools developed from multiple disciplines and applied at different scales. 2024 Meeting topics include application of sensors in exposure assessment, citizen science and community-engaged research, climate change impacts on human exposure, COVID-19, vulnerabilities in environmental exposure and health, new and emerging environmental exposures, exposure data to policy action and impacts of public health policy, multiple exposures and interactions, risk communication, statistical methods in exposure science and epidemiology, and technology/sensors among others. There will be an added focus on environmental justice and community engaged research as it relates to the field of exposure science. The 34th ISES annual conference will be held in Montreal, Canada from October 20 - 24 , 2024 and will continue the success of previous meetings. The meeting offers four and half days of cross-disciplinary presentations and discussions of new research and methods of international, national, and regional significance and facilitates the exchange of information and ideas among exposure science and environmental health scientists from academia, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry. Conference attendance is expected to be between 500-600 participants from North America, Europe, and Asia. ISES has encouraged attendance of students and new researchers, as well as investigators from low- and middle-income countries over the last 6 years resulting in an average of 15% increase in the number of attendees. This proposal will support the representation of students and new researchers from underrepresented backgrounds as well as provide an opportunity for participation of community members, hence enhancing member diversity, promoting the global development of exposure science, and fostering collaborations and information exchange both nationally and internationally.