As
part
of
the
Water
Institute's
WaterTalks
lecture
series,
Bryan
Brooks,
Distinguished
Professor
in
the
Department of
Environmental
Science
and
Institute of
Biomedical
Studies;
Director,
Environmental
Health
Science
at
Baylor
University,
presents,
"What
are
the
Priority
Research
Needs
for
Environmental
Quality
and
Environmental
Public
Health
Practice?"
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Identifying
strategic
research
is
necessary
to
advance
science
and
engineering
pursuits
and
to
improve
professional
practice.
In
this
presentation
I
highlight
some
of
the
common
themes
of
relevance
to
water
resources
from
the
Global
Horizon
Scanning
Project
and
the
U.S.
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention’s
UNCOVER-EH
Initiative.
I
also
introduce
an
ongoing
effort,
Needs
for
Onsite
Wastewater
Recycling
Research
(NOW-R2),
which
focuses
on
research
and
practice
needs
for
onsite
wastewater.
Speaker
bio
Bryan
W.
Brooks
is
Distinguished
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Environmental
Science
and
Institute
of
Biomedical
Studies,
and
Director
of
Environmental
Health
Science
at
Baylor
University,
Waco,
Texas,
USA.
Prof.
Brooks’
research,
which
focuses
on
water
quality
and
reuse,
developing
approaches
to
define
and
manage
chemical
hazards
and
risks,
environmental,
aquatic
and
comparative
toxicology
and
pharmacology,
bioaccumulation,
sustainable
molecular
design
and
green
chemistry,
and
the
ecology
and
toxicology
of
harmful
algae
blooms,
is
ongoing
on
6
continents.
The
author
of
over
250
manuscripts
with
an
H-index
of
58
(Google
Scholar)
and
>10,000
(Google
Scholar),
he
serves
as
Editor-in-Chief
of
Environmental
Science
&
Technology
Letters
(ACS
Publications).
Prof.
Brooks
is
Principal
Investigator
for
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention’s
groundbreaking
UNCOVER-EH
initiative
(
www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/uncover-eh/index.html),
which
includes
novel
assessment
of
the
environmental
public
health
workforce
in
health
departments
of
the
U.S.,
including
identification
of
emerging
issues
and
grand
challenges.
He
coordinates
the
Global
Horizon
Scanning
Project,
which
is
identifying
priority
environmental
quality
research
needs
around
the
globe.
Prof.
Brooks
has
served
as
Fulbright
Visiting
Research
Chair
in
Water
and
the
Environment
at
the
University
of
Lethbridge,
as
a
Visiting
Erskine
Fellow
at
the
University
of
Canterbury
in
New
Zealand,
and
as
a
Visiting
Professor
at
the
University
of
South
Bohemia
in
the
Czech
Republic.
He
also
serves
as
the
Pearl
River
Scholar
Chair
Professor
at
the
Guangdong
Key
Laboratory
of
Environmental
Pollution
and
Health
and
School
of
Environment,
Jinan
University,
Guangzhou,
China.
He
received
the
Kenaga
Award
from
the
Society
of
Environmental
Toxicology
and
Chemistry,
a
Leadership
Award
from
the
Water
Environment
Federation,
two
Scientific
and
Technological
Achievement
Awards
from
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
the
Past
Presidents
Award
from
the
National
Environmental
Health
Association
and
the
Recipharm
International
Environmental
Award.
He
is
a
Fellow
of
the
Society
of
Environmental
Toxicology
and
Chemistry
and
the
Royal
Society
of
Chemistry.
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University
of
Waterloo
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to
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for
persons
with
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who
are
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studying
or
working
at
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for
this
event,
please
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