Pediatric Environmental Health Radio

Episode 3: Protecting Children from the Health Effects of Wildfires with Gina Solomon, MD, MPH

Gina Solmon, MD, MPH is the Principal Investigator for the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and the Chief of the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine at UCSF. In her role at UCSF, she oversees clinical occupational and environmental health at UCSF Health, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. She is also the Program Director of the UCSF Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program, teaches medical and nursing students, and leads the research efforts in the Division. Before coming to UCSF, Dr. Solomon founded and directed the Achieving Resilient Communities program at the Public Health Institute, where she worked from 2018-2023. From 2012-2018 she was appointed by Governor Brown as the Deputy Secretary for Science and Health at the California Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Solomon previously served as the director of the occupational and environmental medicine residency program at UCSF from 2008-2012, the associate director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit from 2003-2009, and as a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1996-2012. Resources: • Questions from California residents or other Region 9 residents can be directed to pehsu@ucsf.edu or 866-827-3478. Their website is wspehsu.ucsf.edu. • Access PEHSU Wildfire Resources: https://bit.ly/wildfirepehsu • Find Your PEHSU Expert: https://www.pehsu.net/findhelp/ • Recommend Air Quality Resource: Airnow.gov • American Red Cross: Cleaning Up After a Fire

Episode 2: Childhood Cancer, the Environment and the Role of Community Health Workers with Mark Miller, MD, MPH, and Erica Guerrero MS, MPAS, PA-C.

• Mark Miller MD, MPH is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He is also the Director Emeritus of the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU) at UCSF lead for the National PEHSU Childhood Cancer and the Environment Program. He was the director of the Community Outreach and Translation Core of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment at UC Berkeley (CIRCLE). He received his medical degree and completed a Pediatric residency at Michigan State University. He received his Masters in Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley and completed a residency with the California Department of Health Services in Preventive Medicine. Erica Guerrero, MS, MPAS, PA-C, is a PA (Physician Assistant) in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso. Erica began working with the Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health (SWCPEH) in 2018 as a principal collaborator. The opportunity to work with SWCPEH has sparked a deeper interest in issues related to pediatric environmental health. Additionally, she is passionate about environmental health and health issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. Resources: • View the Childhood Cancer and the Environment home page. • View the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit. • View the Childhood Cancer & the Environment flipbook in English, and in Español. • Childhood Cancer & the Environment Factsheet in English, and in Español. • Find Your PEHSU Expert: https://www.pehsu.net/findhelp/

Episode 1: Lead Exposure in Children with Marissa Hauptman MD, MPH, FAAP & Nick Newman, DO, MS, FAAP

Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH, FAAP is the Co-Director of Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU); Co-Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center; a Pediatrician for Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Nick Newman, DO, MS, FAAP is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health and Lead Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental & Public Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. He is the Satellite Director for the PEHSU Network, based out of Region 5. Resources: • For more info from PEHSU Region 5, call 513-803-3688 or visit childrensenviro.uic.edu. • For more info from PEHSU Region 1 visit childrenshospital.org/pehc. • Find Your PEHSU Expert: https://www.pehsu.net/findhelp/ • Resources for Lead Exposures: https://childrensenviro.uic.edu/environmental-exposures/lead-exposures/ • What is Lead Poisoning? https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/lead-poisoning • Responding to Benton Harbor: a public health overview of lead exposures https://childrensenviro.uic.edu/environmental-exposures/lead-exposures/#responding-to-benton-harbor-a-public-health-overview-of-lead-exposures • LeadRx Massachusetts Edition: https://www.childrenshospital.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/pehc-lead-rx-mass-overview-english.pdf