Gasp - I can’t breathe!

How statistics can be used to study environmental pollution control

Environmental pollution limits (or standards) are often set using data from health effect studies. I will describe some of these studies, explain how statistics could be (but usually isn’t) used to set standards to protect people. There are different approaches to the setting of standards, and I will briefly describe some of them. Finally I will illustrate how modern statistical tools can be used to better understand the consequences of the standards.

BIOGRAPHY

Peter Guttorp was educated at Stockholm School of Journalism, University of Lund and the University of California at Berkeley.  He is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Washington, Director of the Northwest Research Center for Statistics and the Environment, and member of the QERM interdisciplinary faculty . His research interests include uses of stochastic models in scientific applications in hydrology, atmospheric science, geophysics, environmental science, and hematology.

DATE:  Monday, 14 July 2008

VENUE: University of Queensland, Parnell Building (no. 7),Lecture Theatre 222

TIME:  6 pm - 7 pm

For more information contact: Glynnis Richardson (g.richardson@sps.uq.edu.au or 3365 6137) 

Refreshments will be served after the public lecture