September 11, 2026, Advisory Board Meeting Open Session Agenda

Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences

FIC Advisory Board Meeting (Open Session)
September 11, 2026
Hybrid: Virtual/Stone House, Building 16, NIH Campus

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Agenda

9:00-9:45 a.m.

Director’s Update and Discussion of FIC Activities

• Dr. Steven Schiff, FIC Director
  

9:45-11:10 a.m.

Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Session

GEOHealth Program Background and Session Introduction

• Dr. Christine Jessup, Program Officer, Division of International Training and Research (DITR)
  

GEOHealth Hub Peru: A Decade of Environmental Health Infrastructure

• Dr. Stella Hartinger, GEOHealth PI, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  

Field Calibration of a National Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensor Network in Peru

• Luciana Blanco, GEOHealth Trainee, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  

Pollution, Mites, and Asthma in Peru: From Exposure to Mitigation

• Dr. William Checkley, GEOHealth PI, Johns Hopkins University
  

Environmental Hazards in Children with Persistent Asthma in Lima

• Diego Fano, GEOHealth Trainee, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  

Case control study of dementia and air pollution in Lima

• Dr. Kyle Steenland, GEOHealth PI, Emory University
  

A Ten-Year Program of Research Training in Environmental Health

• Angela Rozo, GEOHealth Training Program Administrator, Emory University
  

Discussion

11:10 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Program Concepts, DITR

GEOHealth and Emerging Global Leader Award

• Dr. Christine Jessup
  

12:15-12:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

• Dr. Steven Schiff

Updated September 4, 2026