The University of Toledo Lake Erie Center will host a free, public lecture on the health impacts of harmful algal blooms on Thursday, March 27.
UToledo’s Dr. Joan Duggan, Dr. Steven Haller and Dr. David Kennedy will present “Great Lakes, Healthy Lives: What We Know About the Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms and How You Can Drive Change” at 7 p.m.
Duggan specializes in infectious diseases as a professor and medical doctor practicing under UToledo Health. Haller and Kennedy are associate professors of medicine at the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, where they have established themselves as leaders in the exploration of how exposure to algal toxins affects the human body.
Duggan, Haller and Kennedy will discuss what is and is not yet known about the health impacts of harmful algal blooms and how attendees can contribute to advancing relevant research through the Great Lakes Aerosol Monitoring Research Study.
The UToledo Mobile Health Unit, which assists in reducing travel barriers for study participants and in expanding access to healthcare in our region more broadly, will be onsite for tours and demonstrations from 5 to 7 p.m.
The UToledo Lake Erie Center is at 6200 Bay Shore Road in Oregon.
Attendees can arrange transportation on a free shuttle leaving Main Campus at 6:15 p.m. by emailing lakeeriecenter@utoledo.edu or calling 419.530.8360 by Tuesday, March 25.
The UToledo Lake Erie Center is a research and educational facility focused on contributing to the understanding of freshwater ecosystems, which sustain a diversity of aquatic life and provide safe drinking water, fishing and recreation, with research applicable to the Great Lakes and aquatic ecosystems worldwide.
