19 November 2024,
14:00-16:00, Teams meeting only
WCRAQ Air Health Working Party
Chair: Prof Sir Stephen Holgate
Speaker: Prof Rosie McEachan
Born in Bradford – Air Pollution and health inequalities
Contact: [email protected] to take part
Air Health Objectives
- Agree and communicate the Commission narrative, significantly reinforcing the links to adverse health across the life course.
- Air quality to be added to health care professionals’ undergraduate and postgraduate education curricula.
- Create mechanisms for healthcare professionals to adopt and take ownership of air pollution as a major public health issue, set an example, and create leadership across the NHS workforce.
Chair for Air Health – Professor Sir Stephen Holgate CBE, FMedSci, MRC Clinical Professor, University of Southampton
Stephen has a research focus on the mechanisms of asthma and allergy. He is interested in air pollution’s health effects, serves as a UKRI Clean Air Champion and is Special Advisor for the Royal College of Physicians on Air Quality.
Stephen chaired the government Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, the Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards and the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee.
He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, has held leadership roles in the UK Research Councils and is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council.