HAQAST Final Showcase

Over the course of the past four years, the Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team has worked to connect NASA satellite data and products with public health experts and air quality managers. Our team of 14 PIs and 70+ total collaborating investigators has grown to support and serve hundreds of organizations across the U.S. and around the world. These partnerships have grown through two-way dialogue in which stakeholders share their research needs and priorities, and scientists share their resources, insights, and new discoveries.

In our final HAQAST showcase, we highlight the societal contributions of our team effort—successes that would not have been possible without the collaborative structure of this unique, applied research effort.

PI Project Videos Panel Schedule & Videos Posters

Panel Schedule

Links to the presentation recordings are available by clicking “Watch Panel Presentation Video” under the description of each panel listed below. You can also access all panel presentations in this YouTube playlist. Panel discussions took place July 21 and 22. Each day featured four 55-minute panels beginning with a short video and ending with audience Q&A—we will not be sharing the Q&A.

July 21 Panels

Looking Back, Moving Ahead: HAQAST 2016-2020
Tracking Visible Haze From Space: NASA Data for PM_2.5 and Public Health
Keeping You Safe: HAQAST’s Cutting-Edge Tools for Smoke and Fire
Expanding the NASA Orbit: How HAQAST Has Grown the User Community

July 22 Panels

Eyes in the Sky: NASA Data and Global Health
What, When, Where?: How HAQAST Has Helped Quantify Uncertain Emissions Sources
Zooming In: NASA Data at the Community Level
Global Background Ozone and Its Effect on the U.S.

12:00 pm EST

Looking Back, Moving Ahead: HAQAST 2016-2020

Join us for a discussion on team-wide highlights and learn about HAQAST’s future.

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Panelists

John Haynes, NASA Health and Air Quality Program Manager, NASA HQ
Tracey Holloway, HAQAST Team Lead, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bryan Duncan, HAQAST Member, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

1:00 pm EST

Tracking Visible Haze From Space: NASA Data for PM_2.5 and Public Health

Particulate matter has emerged as one of the world’s most potent public-health issues. In this panel, learn how HAQAST research is being applied to help monitor PM.

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Panelists

Daven Henze, HAQAST Member, University of Colorado Boulder
Yang Liu, HAQAST Member, Emory University
Susan Anenberg, HAQAST Contributor, George Washington University
Elsa Lefévre, Stakeholder, Climate & Clean Air Coalition, Supporting National Action & Planning on Short-lived climate pollutants (SNAP) Initiative Coordinator.

2:00 pm EST

Keeping You Safe: HAQAST’s Cutting-Edge Tools for Smoke and Fire

HAQAST has worked closely and intensively with a wide range of public stakeholders to bring new satellite-informed tools to bear on the fight against smoke and fire. Join us for a discussion of these advances.

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Panelists

Susan O’Neill, HAQAST Member, USDA Forest Service: PNW Research Station
Mark Fitch, Stakeholder, National Park Service, National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Ted Russell, HAQAST Member, Georgia Tech
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Stakeholder, US Forest Service

3:00 pm EST

Expanding the NASA Orbit: How HAQAST Has Grown the User Community

HAQAST’s mission is to bring the power of NASA science down to earth and deliver it into the hands of public stakeholders and decision makers. This wide-ranging panel, will examine our many of our outreach efforts.

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Panelists

Tracey Holloway, HAQAST Team Lead, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Katherine Walker, Stakeholder, Health Effects Institute
Bryan Duncan, HAQAST Member, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Arlene Fiore, HAQAST Member, Columbia University

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July 22, Wednesday

12:00 pm EST

Eyes in the Sky: NASA Data and Global Health

One of the great benefits of NASA satellite data is that many satellites offer global coverage. Come learn about HAQAST’s cutting-edge applied research linking satellite data with global health.

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Panelists

Jason West, HAQAST Member, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeremy Hess, HAQAST Member, University of Washington
Daven Henze, HAQAST Member, University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Brauer, Stakeholder, University of British Columbia, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

1:00 pm EST

What, When, Where?: How HAQAST Has Helped Quantify Uncertain Emissions Sources

Emissions are the backbone of applied air-quality work. This panel will cover how HAQAST research has expanded the ability to quantify emissions such as ammonia, dust, NO_x and more.

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Panelists

Mark Zondlo, HAQAST Member, Princeton University
Daniel Tong, HAQAST Member, George Mason University
Brad Pierce, Director of the Space Science and Engineering Center, UW–Madison
Barron Henderson, Stakeholder, Environmental Protection Agency

2:00 pm EST

Zooming In: NASA Data at the Community Level

Public-health experts are increasingly asking for satellite data that can “see” fine-grained, community-scale patterns of air pollution. Come learn about how HAQAST has partnered with a variety of stakeholders to fill this need.

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Panelists

Minghui Diao, HAQAST Member, San José State University
Pat Kinney, HAQAST Contributor, Boston University
Jason Vargo, Stakeholder, California Department of Public Health
Sarah Johnson, Stakeholder, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Director of the Air Quality Program

3:00 pm EST

Global Background Ozone and Its Effect on the U.S.

Without knowing the levels of ambient background ozone, it’s hard to know how much O₃ local and regional sources contribute. This discussion will detail HAQAST’s applied research into this important and innovative area of air quality.

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Panelists

Gail Tonnesen, Stakeholder, Environmental Protection Agency
Jessica Neu, HAQAST Member, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Arlene Fiore, HAQAST Member, Columbia University
Tom Moore, Stakeholder, Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR)/Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) Air Quality Program Manager