Delaware Healthy Homes Summit:
Children’s Health & the Indoor Environment

March 12, 2014
8:00am - 4:00pm
Registration begins at 7:15am

Clayton Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Sponsored by:
The Delaware Division of Public Health’s
Office of Healthy Environments
and
The Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center
for Occupational Safety and Health

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Speakers from the EPA, CDC, HUD and academia, together with the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, will make the case for healthy homes initiatives to improve children’s lives. Includes continental breakfast and lunch.

HANDOUTS

Please click here to go to the handout download page from the conference. 

REGISTRATION

Registration fee is $25.00 (includes continental breakfast and lunch).

Click here to register online.

Or email Keith at kchoi@jhsph.edu to have a pdf of the registration form sent to you.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Organizations, agencies, or companies that provide services for families with children are encouraged to send their key employees to this conference. You are also encouraged to attend if you work in health care, public health, public housing, local or state government, building code enforcement or home improvement contracting.

Nursing CEUs will be available.

LOCATION/DIRECTIONS

Clayton Hall, University of Delaware
100 David Hollowell Dr
Newark, Delaware 19716
Directions with Google Maps (click on the blue pushpin)

 

HOTEL

Courtyard by Marriott Newark, 400 David Hollowell Dr, Newark, Delaware 19716 (located next door to Clayton Hall): http://www.udel.edu/hotel/. 

 

AGENDA

Presentations Include: 

• “People, Places and Policies: Making Multifamily Housing Healthy”
  Gary Adamkiewicz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Harvard University
   
• “Emerging Indoor Environmental Threats to Children”
  Jerome Paulson, MD, Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment
   
• “Green and Healthy Housing Initiatives”
  Michael T. McKnight, Senior Program Manager, Green & Health Homes Initiative
   
• “One Touch: Creating Healthy and Energy Efficient Housing”
  Ellen Tohn, Principal, Tohn Environmental Strategies
   
• “MRSA Infections: the Roles of People, Pets, and the Home”
  Meghan Davis, DVM, PhD, Department of Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
   
• “Poisonings from Housing Renovations Containing Lead Paint: A Regulatory Update”
  Demian Ellis, Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Program Branch
   
• “Healthy Homes & Asthma: Coordinating Health Assessments & Housing”
  Marty Nee, HUD Office of Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control 
   

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:

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CONTACT INFO

Please contact Keith Choi, JHU Program Coordinator at kchoi@jhsph.edu or 410-955-4088 if you have any questions or concerns with your registration.