Presenter Biography
Lily is a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Fellow at OHSU, and is currently in the second year of the PhD program at the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. She is also a licensed professional counselor and therapist, and practiced for many years as a psychotherapist in the Portland area.
Program/Major
PhD in Clinical Informatics
Student Level
PhD
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
April 2019
End Date
April 2019
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30943
Abstract
The objective of this scoping review is to provide an overview of issues affecting the results of studies on the health effects of non-occupational wildfire exposure. Although it is well established that wildfire smoke is harmful to people with chronic respiratory conditions, research on other health impacts have often found inconsistent results or small effect sizes. These results are often misinterpreted to mean that wildfire smoke has a negligible effect on non-respiratory outcomes such as cardiovascular health or mortality. However, what these results actually reflect is the complexity of determining public exposure to wildfire smoke, as well as variations in how researchers have chosen to address the issues raised by these complexities.
Quantifying the invisible: A literature review and history of research on the health effects of wildfire smoke
Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 296/8
The objective of this scoping review is to provide an overview of issues affecting the results of studies on the health effects of non-occupational wildfire exposure. Although it is well established that wildfire smoke is harmful to people with chronic respiratory conditions, research on other health impacts have often found inconsistent results or small effect sizes. These results are often misinterpreted to mean that wildfire smoke has a negligible effect on non-respiratory outcomes such as cardiovascular health or mortality. However, what these results actually reflect is the complexity of determining public exposure to wildfire smoke, as well as variations in how researchers have chosen to address the issues raised by these complexities.
