This year's theme, "Wildfire Smoke: A Growing Threat to Air Quality and Public Health" focused on the current state of the evidence on wildfire smoke generation, composition, toxicity, exposure assessment, and health impacts. As well, we heard from speakers discuss wildfire smoke exposures in a changing climate, effective individual and community interventions to protect health, and critical evidence gaps.
Sarah Henderson, BC Centre for Disease Control
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Mike Flannigan, University of Alberta
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Ian Gilmour, University of North Carolina/Environmental Protection Agency
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Colleen Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
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Bonne Ford, Colorado State University
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Angela Yao, University of British Columbia
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Sarah Coefield, Missoula City-County Health Department
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Robert D. Brook, University of Michigan
John R. Balmes, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
Glen Okrainetz
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