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The Center for Indoor Environments and Health has actively worked with school districts and State and Local Health Departments at specific school sites to improve the environment where the school building's condition has contributed to occupants experiencing concerning health symptoms.
Our services include guidance on:
- managing the problem and communicating the risk to the school community,
- tracking and evaluating the student's and staff health symptoms,
- assessing the building for causes of poor indoor air quality, and
- advising on engineering and technical resources that address remediation.
Our knowledge and perspective on the problems school communities face results not only from our consulting experience directly with school districts, but from our work for and with federal and state agencies. Programs have included guidance on Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools program, trainings customized for school nurses on illness and school environments, and guidance for clinicians on addressing health effects relating to mold/moisture in the indoor environment.
We were invited by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering to participate in a critical review of indoor air pollution in schools requested by the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly that became a basis for the Indoor Air Quality in Schools Legislation passed in 2003.
Who We Are
The Center for Indoor Environments and Health staff includes:
- an allergist with a special interest in schools and respiratory health: Robert DeBernardo MD MPH,
- an environmental health specialist with strengths in environmental strategy and communications: Paula Schenck MPH, and
- industrial hygienists experienced with evaluating school environments: Anne L. Bracker MPH, CIH and Nancy J. Simcox MS.
We regularly collaborate with industrial hygienists and engineering firms with specialized expertise in building science.
Read about Services Provided to Schools
Contact Information
Paula Schenck, MPH
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
The Exchange, 2nd Floor, Suite 262
270 Farmington Avenue, MC 6210
Farmington, CT 06032-6210
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Last update: December 10, 2008 |
