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These virtual seminars provide continuing education for environmental health professionals to enhance skills and knowledge and support program decision-making and best practices. The series highlights current and emerging environmental hazards and solutions.

These sessions are available for CEs.

Upcoming Seminar:

Grand Rounds Seminar: Indoor Air Quality, The Invisible Cornerstone of Healthy Homes

鈥淎 dark house is always an unhealthy house, always an ill-aired house, always a dirty house.

Want of light stops growth and promotes scrofula, rickets, etc., among the children.

People lose their health in a dark house, and if they get ill, they cannot get well again in it.鈥�

-Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale understood that our physical environment directly impacts our health. She recognized the critical connection between light, proper ventilation, and cleanliness in preventing disease and promoting recovery. Her pioneering insight that environmental factors鈥攊ncluding air quality, natural light, and sanitation鈥攁re essential to both physical and mental well-being laid the foundation for modern understanding of how our homes can either support or undermine our health.

Our physical environment plays a critical role in shaping our health. Elements such as air quality, natural light, proper ventilation, and cleanliness are essential in preventing disease and supporting recovery. A growing body of evidence shows that these environmental factors are vital to maintaining physical health. This understanding forms the foundation for how we view healthy homes today, spaces that can either enhance or hinder overall health.

Our guest speaker, ML Tanner, Program Manager of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP), at the South Carolina Department of Public Health, will provide an overview of the critical impact indoor air quality programs play under the umbrella of healthy homes. Following the presentation, Gary R. Bergstrom, Environmental Health Supervisor in the Air Quality Section at Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and Carolee Cooper, Environmental Health Program Specialist in the Division of Public Health at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare will join in a panel discussion to share their expertise in improving indoor air quality and promoting healthier homes through their programs.

June 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

Seminars from earlier this year:

Resilience Through Readiness: Training Environmental Health Professionals for Emergency Response

Description: A panel of experienced responders and trainers provide valuable information on current training opportunities, in-service training resources, and innovative methods to integrate emergency response into daily program activities, including: -Tim Hatch, MPA, REHS, District Administrator at Alabama Department of Public Health -Melissa Hawthorne, MBA, REHS/RS, Deputy Director at City of El Paso Public Health -Gregory McKnight II, REHS, Investigator and Supervisor at Seattle & King County Public Health Environmental Health Division -CAPT Mark Miller, US Public Health Service (Retired) - Miller Consulting and Educational Services -Gail Obeso, REHS, MEP, HMS, HazMat/Counterterrorism Coordinator, San Bernardino County Fire (Retired).

Safeguarding Our Recreational Waters with The Model Aquatic Health Code

Description: Our guest speaker, Kristie Riester, Executive Director of the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code, provides an overview of the Model Aquatic Health Code and its real-world applications. Grounded in science and practical experience, the MAHC helps prevent illness and injury while promoting safe, healthy, and enjoyable aquatic environments for all. Following the presentation, expert panelists discuss how their jurisdictions utilize the Model Aquatic Health Code, Keila Y Flores-Burgos, Water Quality & Solid Waste Supervisor from Larimer County Health & Environment, Thomas Fink, REHS, Supervisor Environmental Health from Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and Jun Naotsuka, MS, RS, MTeach, Beach Safety & Sewage Monitoring Lead from Public Health Seattle & King County.

From Bites to Outbreaks: Responding to the Upsurge of Dengue Virus

In this seminar, leading vector experts, Dr. Erin Cloherty, entomologist with the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite & Rodent Control Board and a TikTok成人版 Vector Program Committee Member, John Townsend, Vector Control Division Manager at Maricopa County Environmental Services, and Dr. Ryan Hemme, entomologist with the Dengue Branch of the Division of Vector-borne Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provide a comprehensive look at the current upsurge in dengue cases in the United States, a review of the 2022 dengue outbreak in Arizona, and offer best practices for protecting public health against dengue virus.

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