Asthma, Allergens, and Air Pollution

Saturday, February 20, 1999

 

9:15 – Check-in, Lorton Hall, Room 207

9:30 – Welcome, Dr. Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa

9:35 – Asthma: When, What, and How to Treat It, Dr. Jane Purser, Allergy Clinic of Tulsa

10:00 – A School Based Study of Respiratory Effects in a Border Community, Dr. Mary Kay O’Rourke, University of Arizona

10:50 – Coffee Break

11:10 – Aeroallergens in Tulsa, Dr. Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa

11:30 – Air Pollution in Tulsa, Dr. Bill Potter, The University of Tulsa

11:50 – Indoor Air Pollution, Dr. Richard Shaughnessy, The University of Tulsa

 12:30 – 1:15 - Lunch – Oliphant Hall Rooms 207 and 226

 1:15 – 2:15 - Group I : Session A

Group II: Session B

2:15 – 2:30 - Break

2:30 - 3:30 - Group I: Session B

Group II: Session A

3:30 - Adjournment

 Session A – Asthma Management and Lung Function

1. Managing an Asthma Attack in the Classroom – Dr. Renee Trewyn, University

of Oklahoma, Health Science Center, Tulsa

2. Measuring Peak Flow – Dr. Renee Trewyn

3. Demonstration of Lungs and Lung Function

4. Building Your Own Peak Flow Meter – Joe Chandler, The University of Tulsa,

Chemistry Dept.

5. Measuring Lung Capacity – Joe Chandler

Session B – Allergens, Air Pollution, Weather

    1. Mesonet information and other meteorological data
    2. Where to get information on air pollution
    3. Collecting pollen as a class project – Dr. Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa, Faculty of Biological Science
    4. Collecting airborne fungi as a class project – Dr. Estelle Levetin
    5. Class Experiment: Correlating allergy/asthma symptoms with daily pollen, air pollution, and weather – Dr. Estelle Levetin
    6. Asthma, Allergen, Air Pollution Home Page – Dr. Estelle Levetin