PVAC is a coalition of health professionals and institutions, community groups and residents, public health organizations, municipal and state agencies, academic institutions, schools, day care, housing and environmental groups committed to improving asthma and environmental conditions that affect health in Western Mass.
Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition
127 State St., PO Box 4895
Springfield, MA 01101-4895
United States
ph: 413.794.7600
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Kathy Roberts, Asthma & Nutrition, 4/22/2015
Jeff Seyler, CVS' Decision to Stop Selling Tobacco: A Public Health Victory, 4/30/2014
Sylvia Brandt, Methods to Estimate the Health Burden of Pollution, 02/26/2014
Bill Bell, Introduction to Radon, 03/26/2014
Kathy Wicks, Live Well Springfield, 01/22/2014
Chrystal Wittcopp, Childhood Asthma and Obesity: Are They Connected?, 10/23/2013
Jamie Klingensmith,Kathleen Szegda, and Matt Sadof, Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Asthma in a Urban School System
Jeff Seyler is the CEO of the American Lung Association of the Northeast. He presented at the PVAC monthly meeting on April 30, 2014.
ALA Advocacy and Grassroots Efforts
E-Cigarettes: The New Battle
Bill Bell is a Radiation Scientist and a supervisor of the Radon Unit, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Bill has extensive experience in radon testing and mitigation and regularly provides consultation and technical assistance to consumers, the radon industry, as well as local, state, and federal agencies. He presented an overview of the risks from radon as well as testing and remediation.
Kathy Wicks is the Project Manager at Live Well Springfield. She presented at the January PVAC Monthly Meeting about Live Well Springfield and the organization’s current marketing campaign.
Learn more about LiveWell Springfield.
Chrystal Wittcopp, MD is the Director of Baystate Children's Hospital Weight Management Program and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. She presented on the possible link between asthma and obesity at the PVAC monthly meeting on October 23, 2013.
Obesity and Asthma in Springfield
Are asthma and obesity connected?
The MIGHTY Program
View the entire PowerPoint presentation.
Jamie Klingensmith, PVAC’s recent interm coordinator, recently presented a poster entitled “Implementation of Evidence- Based Practices to Improve Asthma in a Urban School System” about the Springfield School Nurse Asthma Champion program at the American Public Health Association conference. The poster was co-authored by Matthew Sadof, PVAC Chair and Kathleen Szegda, former PVAC Manager and currently Partners for a Healthier Community Director of Research and Evaluation. She shared the poster at the PVAC monthly meeting on November 20, 2013.
Key Poster Points
Conference Feedback
View the conference poster.
Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition
127 State St., PO Box 4895
Springfield, MA 01101-4895
United States
ph: 413.794.7600
pioneerv