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Friday Research Seminar Series – Kathryn Scott Tomsho, Postdoc Research Fellow, PhD, MPH, BA and Marissa Chan, PhD Candidate, SM, BA
March 31, 2023 @ 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
1:10 – 1:30 pm
Development of a Phthalate Environmental Reproductive Health Literacy (PERHL) Scale
Presenter: Katie Tomsho, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lead Pedagogy Fellow,
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) define environmental health literacy; 2) describe the basic steps of exploratory factor analysis; and to 3) describe the six latent factors underlying phthalate and environmental reproductive health literacy.
1:10 – 1:30 pm
Evaluating Neighborhood-Level Differences in Hair Product Safety in Retailers in Boston, MA
Presenter: Marissa Chan, MS
PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) discuss retailer redlining in the context of personal care products; 2) explain differences in hair product safety among neighborhoods in Boston; and to 3) describe drivers of hair product use patterns at the neighborhood/community level.