HSRI's thirteenth annual Research Week event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15th 2026 from 8:45 am - 1:00 pm at the UC Merced Conference Center room 105 and will focus on Climate, Environment and Health.
Our program begins at 8:45am with breakfast, and will feature presentations on current research by HSRI faculty and graduate students, and community partners on local, regional and national health impacts of environment and climate.
0845-0915 Breakfast
0915-0930 Opening remarks: HSRI Director, Prof. Deborah Wiebe
0930-1000 Kate DeMarsh - Improving PM2.5 Exposure Assessment in California’s San Joaquin Valley Using a Community Air Monitoring Network and Modeled Air Quality Data
1000-1030 Tosin Oyetunji - Wildfire Smoke and Postpartum Mental Health Visits in California
1030-1100 Estrella Herrera - Association of Ambient Fine Particle Matter in Ambient Air and Emergency Department Visits for Adult Respiratory Health Outcomes in Fresno County, California, USA
1100-1115 Break
1115-1155 Alicia Sotelo, Dulce Perez, Jazmarie LaTour, and Joseandres Reynoso (Little Manila Rising) - Mitigation for Liberation
1155-1240 Asa Bradman - Title to be confirmed
