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TUESDAY • MAY 23

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12:40 Exploring Asthma Health Care Utilization Data to Reduce the Elevated Risk During the Pandemic O. Idubor, MD, Atlanta, GA 12:50 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Low-Income Housing in a Multi-Site Study G. Chew, ScD, Atlanta, GA

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH/CDC OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION SESSION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUITY UNDER THE RUBRIC OF VITAL CONDITIONS 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Walter E. Washington Convention Center Room 150 A-B (Street Level) Target Audience Clinicians who seek to understand how environmental health equity affects a patient’s risk to exposures that result in adverse respiratory health. Objectives At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: • improve ATS member’s knowledge about environmental conditions related to lung health in vulnerable populations. • learn new findings about environmental health conditions that can inform ATS members about underlying factors (e.g., vital conditions) that may influence their patients’ risk. • raise awareness about diversity and health equity issues related to respiratory health. This workshop provides a multidisciplinary perspective on how applied knowledge of environmental health exposure can be used to support the achievement of respiratory health equality. Attendees will receive updates on new trends in radon, asthma, Legionnaires’ disease, wildfires, volatile organic compounds (VOC) exposure in homes, respiratory health quality improvement initiatives, and patient education for communities with greater vulnerability to harmful environmental exposures and lower access to resources. Presenters will highlight how the interaction of social determinants contributes to disparities in care quality and health outcomes, such as respiratory health using the Vital Conditions Framework, a nationally recognized health equity framework. Chairing: A. Perkins, BPH, Atlanta, GA 12:00 Introduction of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice’s Vital Conditions Health Equity Plan A. Perkins, PhD, Atlanta, GA 12:10 Adverse Health Impacts Associated with Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure. A. Vaidyanathan, PhD, Atlanta, GA 12:20 Trends in Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease Based on Access to Economic Resources N. Clemmons, MPH, Atlanta, GA 12:30 Radon: Reducing a Lung Cancer Risk Factor by Protecting Communities and Buildings A. Salame-alfie, PhD, Atlanta, GA L17

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (VA) OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION SESSION

L18 VA’S APPROACH TO POST-DEPLOYMENT RESPIRATORY HEALTH: RESEARCH, CLINICAL CARE AND EDUCATION 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Walter E. Washington Convention Center Room 147 A-B (Street Level) Target Audience Target audience includes: VA and non-VA providers of lung health; VA and non-VA pulmonary researchers; clinicians/scientists interest in environmental and occupational health; military Veterans and service members Objectives At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: • define new strategies to manage the care of Veterans with deployment-related exposures • describe new findings about VA research on military exposures and respiratory health. • integrate/incorporate new guidelines and requirements from the PACT Act of 2022 into current practice. Respiratory health of U.S. Veterans, in particular adverse effects related to military deployment, is a priority area for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Major research, clinical, and educational efforts are underway – many of which impact the ATS membership, both within and outside of the VA, who provide care to Veterans and servicemembers and/or conduct research on inhalational exposures. This session will provide updates on ongoing research and clinical programs, as well as inform all stakeholders on the implications of the new Congressional Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act). Chairing: M.J. Falvo, PhD, East Orange, NJ E. Garshick, MD, West Roxbury, MA P.D. Blanc, MD, San Francisco, CA 12:00 Military Occupational and Environmental Exposures E. Garshick, MD, West Roxbury, MA 12:12 Best Practices for the Evaluation the Dyspneic Veteran A.M. Sotolongo, MD, East Orange, NJ

ATS 2023 • Washington, DC