Monday, June 4, 2012
4 Jun 2012: Media Advisory: NIH, EPA announce competition to develop personal air pollution and health sensors
Members of the media are invited to attend an announcement, followed by press availability, on a new nationwide competition called the My Air, My Health Challenge. The competition is offering cash awards for developing a personal, portable sensor system that measures air pollution and a person’s physiological response to it.
What
Join leaders from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as they announce the competition and cash awards.
Who
Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.
NIEHS Director
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Glenn Paulson, Ph.D.
EPA Science Advisor
When
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
9:35-9:45 a.m.
Announcement of the competition (Main Auditorium, East Salon)
9:50-10:20 a.m.
Press availability (Salon D)
Where
The Health Data Initiative Forum III: Health Datapalooza
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001
or
via webcast at http://www.HDIforum.org
The NIEHS supports research to understand the effects of the environment on human health and is part of NIH. For more information on environmental health topics, visit http://www.niehs.nih.gov. Subscribe to one or more of the NIEHS news lists (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/releases/newslist/index.cfm) to stay current on NIEHS news, press releases, grant opportunities, training, events, and publications.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov
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