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URL:https://murmitoyen.com/events/vanille/udem/detail/833553-the-environmen
 tal-epidemiology-of-autism
LOCATION:Université de Montréal - 7101 avenue du Parc\, 7101\, avenue du 
 Parc\, Montréal\, QC\, Canada\, H3N 1X9
SUMMARY:The environmental epidemiology of autism
DESCRIPTION:Séminaire scientifique organisé par l'Institut de recherche e
 n santé publique de l'Université de Montréal – IRSPUM 
\nRésumé :Te
 n years ago\, while a great deal of genetic research on autism had been co
 nducted\, very few clues were available about environmental factors. In th
 e last decade\, the field has generated a steady stream of studies and som
 e patterns are emerging. Chemicals in air\, water\, food and household pro
 ducts as well as medications\, nutritional factors\, and maternal physiolo
 gic states have been subjects of rigorous research. This presentation will
  focus on what has been learned\, covering both risk and protective exposu
 res: maternal nutrition\, maternal prenatal/perinatal morbidity\, pesticid
 es and other environmental exposures.  Mechanisms are also being explored
  with the literature suggesting roles for chronic neuroinflammation\, earl
 y life epigenetic changes\, gene-by-environment interaction\, and metaboli
 c dysregulation affecting organs beyond the central nervous system. Signif
 icance of this work lies in the discovery of potential targets for interve
 ntion to prevent\, or to reduce severity of\, autism and other neurodevelo
 pmental disorders.
\nConférencière :As an environmental epidemiologist w
 ith over 300 scientific publications\, Dr. Irva Hertz-Picciotto has devote
 d her career to understanding environmental exposures\, including chemical
 s\, pollutants\, nutrition\, and social factors\, their interactions with 
 genes\, and their effects on pregnancy\, the newborn\, and early child dev
 elopment. She has also contributed to the literature on epidemiologic meth
 ods\, particularly for studies of pregnancy outcomes. Currently she direct
 s the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Core Center that brings toget
 her about 30 faculty from six Schools and Colleges. Her professional accom
 plishments include having chaired several National Academy of Sciences and
  Institute of Medicine Panels on health outcomes from environmental chemic
 als\, and serving on numerous advisory panels for the U.S. EPA\, National 
 Toxicology Program\, International Life Sciences Institute\, and several C
 alifornia agencies\, such as the Air Resources Board\, and the Proposition
  65 Committee on Carcinogens. Dr. Hertz-Picciotto also has held positions 
 as President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research\, and President of 
 the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)\, and as me
 mber of editorial boards for Epidemiology\, American Journal of Epidemiol
 ogy\, Environmental Health Perspectives\, Autism Research\, and Environm
 ent International. In 2011\, she received the ISEE’s Goldsmith Award for
  Sustained and Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Epidemiology.
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 Animation :Marc-André Verner\, professeur adjoint à l'École de santé p
 ublique de l'Université de Montréal et chercheur régulier à l'IRSPUM.
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