Awardees
Pilot Projects
ASPIRE Children’s Environmental Health Center
2025 Pilot Project Awardee
Translation Core
Through Their Eyes: Engaging Youth in Development of Wildfire & Air Quality Preparedness Media Materials
Sydelle Harrison, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University, College of Health
Engage Oregon high school students in a summer educational seminar to 1) introduce public health tools to understand health risks associated with wildfire and air quality; 2) collaborate with community stakeholders to increase youth knowledge about wildfire preparedness; and 3) facilitate youth-led research translation media campaign to disseminate new knowledge and awareness throughout their networks.
2024 Pilot Project Awardees
Development Core
Oregon Farm Worker Education Project
Tomas Diaz
Healthy People & Communities Program Manager, Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)
Develop research-based materials for rural farm worker families to reduce risks from environmental hazards.
Enhancing Indoor Air Quality Support and Education for Central Oregon Childcares
Tia Lattanzio
Environmental Health Specialist, Deschutes County Health Services
Increase childcare home operator ability to respond to smoke events by providing high quality, easily accessible and understandable educational resources for protecting indoor air quality and reducing children’s exposure.
Translation Core
Air Quality Monitoring and Outreach at K-12 Schools in Hood River and Wasco Counties
Lauren Kraemer, MPH
Associate Professor of Practice, OSU Extension Service, Family and Community Health Program
Implement air quality monitoring at K-12 schools and increase staff, student, and parent knowledge of air quality information and smoke readiness behaviors to reduce children’s exposure to wildfire smoke.
Mente Sana, Cuerpo Sano
Ana Ruiz Morillo
Founder & Director, Training To Impact LLC
Develop and produce an engaging children's book (print and digital) - about the health impacts of wildfires and air pollution.
2023 Pilot Project Awardees
Development Core
How do air quality communications influence healthy decisions? Translating evidence-based resources about children’s exposures to smoke-related air pollution.
Cathy Slavik, PhD
Center for Science Communication Research, University of Oregon
Generate and translate observational and experimental data to develop infographics that inform and promote risk-informed decision making among parents and educator to improve knowledge and the adoption of smoke-protective actions.
Translation Core
Junior Outdoor Food Navigators (JOFN)
Xiangyou (Sharon) Shen, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor, OSU College of Forestry
Siew Sun Wong, PhD
Professor, OSU College of Health
Use evidence-informed practices to foster youth healthy environmental practices through positive, play-based outdoor food experiences.
Breaking the Silence: Helping Parents Address Eco-Anxiety
Anya Kamenetz
Parenting Writer and Speaker, CMHN Advisor
Engage parents and children in a co-design process to refine an intervention designed for age-appropriate eco-anxiety discussions with children 5 to 17.
2022 Pilot Project Awardees
Development Core
Wildfire-Pandemic-Resilient Ventilation Control
Parichehr Salimifard, PhD
Assistant Professor, OSU School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Test the application of PM sensors along with portable air cleaners (PACs) during wildfires to develop novel ventilation control to protect children health against indoor and outdoor PM sources and infectious disease.
Protecting Early Learners from Harmful Chemicals
Dayna Swanson
Director, OSU-Cascades Little Beavs Childcare
Develop a pathway for Early Learning Centers to align with the CEHN Eco-Healthy Childcare Endorsement and OHA Choose Safe Places Initiative to protect early learners.
Translation Core
Designing a Model of PM 2.5 Interventions for Children in Ashland
Sara Jones
Community Engagement Coordinator, Ashland Forest Resiliency (Smokewise Ashland)
Develop smoke-related resources to educate providers, parents and organizations serving children, and pilot the use of air monitoring equipment in Pre-K-12th grade indoor spaces to improve indoor air quality.
Wombs and Wildfires: Prioritizing Perinatal Care in Wildfire Mitigation Strategies
Emily Little, PhD
Founder and Director, Nurturely
Use scientific data and interviews from frontline workers to co-create a draft set of policy recommendations on how to prioritize perinatal care in wildfire mitigation strategies.