Keynote speakers

Keynote 1: Professor Roy M. Harrison

“The challenges of estimation of human pollutant dose from routine ambient measurements”

R Harrison

Roy Harrison has held the position of Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham, UK since 1991, and has recently also been appointed Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.  His research interests are in air pollution, especially airborne particulate matter.  He is currently a member of the Defra Air Quality Expert Group, and the Department of Health Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants and Committee on Toxicity.  In recognition of his government advisory work, he was appointed an OBE in the 2004 New Year Honours List.  He is author of over 400 papers in the peer-reviewed literature and is listed by ISI as a Highly Cited Researcher.

Keynote 2: Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD

“The Exposome: hype or reality?”

Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD is a Research Professor In Environmental Epidemiology at the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) in Barcelona, Spain. He is an expert in environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk/impact assessment.  He has experience and expertise in areas of respiratory disease, cancer and reproductive health, and exposure measurement and modelling of indoor and outdoor air pollution, pesticides, green space, UV exposure, occupational allergens, chlorination by-products in drinking water and heavy metals, using new technology such as GIS, smartphones and remote sensing. He leads the international TAPAS study, examining the health impacts of active transport in six European cities and the EC funded PHENOTYPE study, examining the relations between green space and health. He is a co-investigator in ICEPURE, that examines exposure to and health effects of solar UV exposure, ESCAPE (and related (VE3SPA), that examines the long term health effects of air pollution, NIH funded CAVA  which aims to validate smartphone based data collection methods, EC funded CITISENSE that aims to empower citizens using smartphone technology, EC funded HELIX, that examines the early life exposome and childhood diseases, EC funded EXPOsOMICs that examines the air pollution and water exposome and health and EC funded PASTA study, which promotes active transportation through sustainable transport.