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Hudson College Launches New Center to Address Health Concerns in Young Children

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Hudson College Launches New Center to Address Health Concerns in Young Children

University of Oklahoma researchers from the Hudson College of Public Health launched the Children’s Environmental Health Center in the U.S. Southern Great Plains, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to advancing research on children’s health and environmental exposures, following a year of preparation.

Conference Presentations

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Zhu, M., Kim, P., Akanji, B., Horm, D., Fuhrman, B., Sadhasivam, B., Stroh, O., Thomas, G., Peters, T., & Cai, C.* (2024). Characterize and Intervene the Indoor Air Quality in Early Childhood Education Settings to Reduce the School Absenteeism Caused by Infectious Diseases. Poster presentation at the Indoor Air 2024 Sustaining the Indoor Air Revolution: Raise Your Impact, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, July 7-11.
Horm, D., Craig, V. P., Cai, C., Fuhrman, B., Dericks, A., Farris, S., Ssentuuwa, R., Ghorbani, E., Zhu, M., Akanji., B., & Kim, P. (2024). Indoor Air Quality: A Literature Review and RCT Study in Early Head Start/Head Start. Poster presentation at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2024 (NRCEC 2024), Arlington, VA. June 24-26.
Zhu, M., Akanji, B., Horm, D., Fuhrman, B., Sadhasivam, B., Stroh, O., Thomas, G., Peters, T., Xu, C., & Cai, C.* (2024). Evaluating Interventions for Indoor Air Quality and Teachers’ Absenteeism in Winter: A Randomized Controlled Experiment in Early Childhood Education Centers. Poster presentation at the American Industrial Hygiene Connect 2024 (AIHA Connect 2024), Columbus, OH. May 20-22.
Joseph, M., & Cai, C.* (2024). Particle Deposition in 3D Printed Human Lung Model Under Realistic Physiological Conditions. Poster presentation at the Honors College FYRE Poster Symposium, Norman, OK. May 1.