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Professor
University of California, irvine
Michael T. Kleinman is an Inhalation Toxicologist, a Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Medicine and the Co-Director of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). His primary research interest is the study of health effects caused by exposures to inhaled environmental contaminants. He holds a M.S. in Chemistry (Biochemistry) from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from New York University. He has published more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals dealing with environmental contaminants and their effects on cardiopulmonary and immunological systems and on global and regional distribution of environmental contaminants including heavy metals and radioactive contaminants from nuclear weapons testing and manufacture. He served on two National Research Council committees that examined issues in protecting deployed U.S. Forces from the effects of chemical and biological weapons. Dr. Kleinman was a member of the U.S. EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) panels, is a member of the USEPA Board of Scientific Counselors and on the California Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Substances. His current research focuses on health effects of inhaled particles and vapors from natural and manmade sources. His recent studies demonstrate that inhalation of combustion-generated particles can promote airway allergies, induce inflammatory responses in the brain, accelerate the development of cardiovascular disease and that these effects may be associated with organic and elemental carbon components of combustion-related ambient aerosols.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
4:00pm – 6:00pm US EDT
Thursday, June 17, 2021
9:00am – 11:30am US EDT