Friday, June 10, 8am-4pm, Hyatt Regency [Regency Ballroom], Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A conference for healthcare providers and community members that will discuss unconventional gas development and related health effects. Join us to understand the interdisciplinary and multi-agency/sector roles in environmental health and how they are critical in protecting public health.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:

• Describe environmental health risks related to unconventional gas development.

• Identify physical and psychological symptoms related to environmental exposures from unconventional gas extraction and development.

• Characterize unconventional gas development health risks across populations and across the life cycle.

• Identify the role governmental agencies play in protecting the health of communities impacted by unconventional gas development.

Target Audience

This continuing education activity is meant to attract physicians, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, social workers and community members interested in learning about the health impacts of gas drilling activities.

Sponsored by Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, and University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Continuing Education Program.

Registration deadline: May 31.

http://sustainablepittsburgh.org/Pub/SWPACONFbrochure.pdf

Registration: http://www.environmentalhealthproject.org/wpforms/#registerform

Contact: 724-260-5504 or info@environmentalhealthproject.org