Workshop: Traffic!! Health Impacts on Aging
On this page:
Audience
Investigators interested in built environment factors in aging and dementia research may be interested in this workshop.
Dates
Feb 2, 2023 | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET
Feb 3, 2023 | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET
Location
This workshop was held virtually on zoom.
Purpose and Background
A recent article in the British Medical Journal identified exposure to noise from road traffic and railway noise to be independently associated with a higher risk of all-cause dementia and dementia subtypes, especially Alzheimer’s disease. This adds to a long list of factors associated with traffic, including particulate matter concentrations, heavy metals exposure, constraints posed by traffic on mobility, and other social determinants of health, which are implicated in Older Adults' overall health, hearing health, cognitive health, and well-being. This workshop brought together experts to discuss this topic, the approaches that have been useful for studying the health effects of traffic, the challenges faced by investigators, and the research gaps.
Meeting Recording
View recordings of this meeting:
Agenda
Note: This agenda is in Eastern Daylight Time.
Day 1 (Feb 2, 2023)
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Opening Remarks, Eliezer Masliah, MD, Director, Division of Neuroscience
1:15 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Keynote Address
Residential exposure to transportation noise and incidence of dementia: A nationwide cohort study, Manuella Lech Cantuaria, Ph.D.; The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute; University of Southern Denmark
1:50 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Session 1 | Air Pollution Health Impacts on Aging
Moderator: Amir Mousavi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California
- Traffic-related Air Pollution (TRAP) and ADRD: What are the big unanswered questions?, Joel D. Kaufman, M.D., MPH, University of Washington, Departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Medicine, and Epidemiology
- Measuring traffic related air pollution to study health: hyperlocal and historic perspectives, Joan A Casey, Ph.D., University of Washington School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- Associations of neighborhood stressors and PM 2.5 with cognitive health in older adults, Jennifer A Ailshire, Ph.D., Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. Break
3:05 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Session 2 | Health Impacts on Aging from Traffic and Noise
Moderator: Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Ph.D., Division of Neuroscience, NIA
- Diesel exhaust particles for new experimental models of interactions of roadway noise and automotive pollution in dementia risk, Caleb E Finch, Ph.D.; Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
- Ultrafine combustion particles from traffic, cardiovascular biomarkers and protective measures, Doug Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.; Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
- Could exposure to noisy environments affect dementia risk? Evidence in humans and questions worth pursuing, Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston University School of Public Health
- The Olfactory System: Conduit to the Brain for Air Pollutants, Jayant M. Pinto, M.D., University of Chicago
4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Wrap-up Day 1, Luci Roberts, Division of Neuroscience, NIA
Day 2 (Feb 3, 2023)
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Opening Remarks, Molly Wagster, Ph.D., Chief, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Branch, Division of Neuroscience
1:10 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Keynote Address
Traffic and Social and Structural Determinants of Health, Shannon Zenk, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN; Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH
1:35 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Session 3 | Traffic Noise Exposure Health Impacts, and Driving in Aging
Moderator: Dana Plude, Ph.D., Division of Behavioral and Social Research, NIA
- Consequences of intense noise exposure – what we can learn from rats, Courtney E Stewart, Ph.D. VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
- Transportation Noise and Cardiovascular Risks, Junenette Peters, ScD, Boston University Medical Campus, School of Public Health, Environmental Health
- Older adults and decision-making about driving, Marian (Emmy) Betz, MD, MPH, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Brain in the Wild: Digital Biomarkers, Therapeutics and Health, Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Neurology
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session 4 | Health Impacts of the Built Environment
Moderator: Luci Roberts, Ph.D. Division of Neuroscience, NIA
- A framework for developing evidence-based multi-sensory design interventions for mitigating stress responses to traffic noise, Hope Hui Rising, Ph.D., Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Texas A&M University
- Studies of Built Environment and Cognitive and Overall Health in the Nurses’ Health Studies: Results, Challenges and Future Directions, Francine Laden, ScD ISEEF, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
- Neighborhood built environments and Alzheimer's disease and related dementia outcomes and risk factors, Lilah Besser, Ph.D., MSPH, Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, University of Miami School of Medicine
- Precision Greenness Impacts on Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Outcomes and Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Scott Charles Brown, Ph.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Discussion / Wrap-up (Panelists only)
Moderator: Luci Roberts, Ph.D. Division of Neuroscience, NIA
Contact Information
If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact Luci Roberts.