Environmental Health and Biomonitoring: Tracking and Mitigating Chemical Exposures
Moderator: Katie Bush

Presentation Order:

1. Measuring PFAS in Newborn Dried Blood Spots Among Potentially Exposed New York State Communities
Presenter: Cindy Iheanetu, New York State Department of Health
Authors:
Cindy Iheanetu, June Moore, Steve Forand

2. Biomonitoring NY Data Collection and Analysis (2021–2025)
Presenter: Monica Nordstrom, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Monica Nordstrom, Ming Liu, Wanhsiang Hsu, Steve Forand, Anne Pysnik, Arfin Shammi, Karen Wilson, Peter Chutcharavan, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Kayla Mehigan, Elizabeth Mullin, Christopher Palmer, Charelle Trim, Patrick Parsons

3. Identifying High Lead Exposure Risk Areas and Children’s Elevated Blood Lead Rates in New York State
Presenter: Elise Elliott, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Elise G. Elliott, Catherine Adler, Tia Marks, Sanjaya Kumar, Kathleen Bush

4. Biomonitoring New York Recruitment Methods
Presenter: Arfin Shammi, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Arfin Shammi, Anne Pysnic, Karen Wilson, Steven Forand, June Moore, Monica Nordstrom, Thomas Sweck, Gena Gallinger

5. Time Trends and Seasonality in Childhood Blood Lead Levels in New York State, 2000–2024
Presenter: Cristian Pantea, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Cristian Pantea, Sanjaya Kumar

6. Targeted Lead Testing Outreach Using Perinatal Data
Presenter: Shiloh Duff-Sanchez, Albany County Department of Healh
Author: Shiloh Duff-Sanchez

7. Preventing Unnecessary Anxiety and Treatment with Speciated Arsenic and Seafood Avoidance
Presenter: Anna Hartwell, New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Author: Anna Hartwell
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 3 (Level 1)