Edward L. Avol , M.S. Professor of Clinical Ed Avol is Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, with expertise in exposure assessment and acute/chronic respiratory and cardiovascular effects of airborne pollutants in populations at risk (including children, athletes, and subjects with compromised lung function). He was the Deputy Director of the Children's Health Study and is a key investigator in multiple ongoing investigations of the effects of environmental exposures on human health. He is the co-Director of the Exposure Assessment and GIS Facility Core in the NIEHS-supported Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, co-Director of the Exposure Assessment and Modeling Core in the NIEHS/EPA-supported Children's Environmental Health Center, and is the principal investigator on several NIH and regionally funded studies to assess the association of air pollution with children?s respiratory and cardiovascular health. Professor Avol is also actively involved in the centers' community outreach efforts, particularly with regard to the health and air quality impacts of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port expansions. Research Interests
Air pollution exposure assessment, respiratory and cardiovascular effects from air pollution exposure
Degrees
California Institute of Technology, MS, 1974
Professional Experience
Research Associate, Environmental Health Service, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA, 1976 - 1978
Senior Research Associate, Environmental Health Service Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA, 1978 - 1981
Director, Aerosol Chemistry Laboratory, Environmental Health Service, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA, 1981 - 1990
Senior Project Manager, Engineering-Science, Inc., Berkeley, CA, 1990 - 1992
Associate Professor of Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1992 - 2002
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2002 -
Project Engineer, Rockwell International Air, Monitoring Center, Downey, CA, 1974 - 1976
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Memberships
Air and Waste Management Association (formerly Air Pollution Control Association)
American Association for Aerosol Research
International Society of Exposure Analysis
Member, USEPA Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC) Nox/Sox Primary Review Panel
Member, USEPA Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particle Matter Primary Review Panel
Peters JM, Avol E, Navidi W, London SJ, Gauderman WJ, Lurmann F, Linn WS, Margolis H, Rappaport E, Gong H, Thomas DC. A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159(3):760-767, 1999.
Avol EL, Gauderman WJ, Tan SM, London SJ, Peters JM. Respiratory effects of relocating to areas of differing air pollution levels. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164(11):2067-2072, 2001.
K?i N, McConnell R, Bates D, Bastain T, Hricko A, Lurmann F, Avol E, Gilliland F, Peters J. Breathless in Los Angeles: the exhausting search for clean air. Am J Public Health 93(9):1494-1499, 2003.
Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Gilliland F, Vora H, Thomas D, Berhane K, McConnell R, Kuenzli N, Lurmann F, Rappaport E, Margolis H, Bates D, Peters J. The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age. N Engl J Med 351(11):1057-1067, 2004.
Gilliland F, Avol E, Kinney P, Jerrett M, Dvonch T, Lurmann F, Buckley T, Breysse P, Keeler G, de Villiers T, McConnell R. Air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women and children: lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research. Environ Health Perspect 113(10):1447-1454, 2005.
Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Lurmann F, Kuenzli N, Gilliland F, Peters J, McConnell R. Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide. Epidemiology 16(6):737-743, 2005.
K?i N, Avol E, Wu J, Gauderman WJ, Rappaport E, Millstein J, Bennion J, McConnell R, Gilliland FD, Berhane K, Lurmann F, Winer A, Peters JM. Health effects of the 2003 southern California wildfire on children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174(11):1221?1228, 2006.
Eiguren-Fernandez A, Avol EL, Thurairatnam S, Hakami M, Froines JR, Miguel AH. Seasonal influence on vapor- and particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in school communities located in Southern California. Aerosol Sci Technol 41(4):438-446, 2007.
Cozen W, Avol E, Diaz-Sanchez D, McConnell R, Gauderman WJ, Cockburn MG, Zadnick J, Jyrala M, Mack TM. Use of an Electrostatic Dust Cloth for Self-Administered Home Allergen Collection. Twin Res Hum Genet 11(2):150-155, 2008.
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