Nnamdi Osakwe is Presenting at the Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series

Nnamdi Osakwe
Nnamdi Osakwe

Nnamdi Osakwe, Trainee in DMAC, will be presenting at the Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series on October 16 from 12:45-1:45 pm EDT in FWH-3301. Nnamdi will present on Building an Integrated Framework for Environmental Health Modeling: An Environmental Integrity Framework (EIF) Use-Case. Studying the relationship between unique environmental exposures and diseases at varying geographic levels is essential for addressing environmental health/justice needs. The Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS) provides an opportunity to explore the relationship between environmental exposures and diseases with a rich source of self-reported health outcomes and exposure (ExHO) data on thousands of participants. We leverage PEGS data using our novel Environmental Integrity Framework (EIF) to identify key environmental stressors affecting communities at various geographic levels (GLs). We used dimensionality reduction techniques to select stressors per GL. We also leveraged visualization tools to display these stressors across GLs. EIF selected fewer indicators from the set of ExHO data, improving the interpretation of relevant stressors per GL. We also generated visualizations that enhanced our interpretation and identification of relevant (shared and distinct) stressors across GLs. EIF highlights the importance of localizing environmental health screening in targeting relevant stressors impacting communities.