**Welcome** ----------- The National Studies on Air Pollution and Health group was created in an effort to streamline the workflow of research projects related to the HEI, R01 (Cardiovascular Health and Air Pollution) and Project 4 ACE grants. The purpose of the meeting series is to track progress on achieving the specific aims for each grant and inform each other about work completed. We will periodically use meeting time for 10-15 minute presentations on the various research projects. The focus is on the development of statistical methods and their application to our National Data Sets. **Message Board** ----------------- **HEI Webinar on January 19, 10-11am EST**<br> Maciek Strak from Utrecht University will give a webinar on Thursday January 19 from 10 -11 AM EST. The title of his presentation is ‘Associations between Lifestyle and Air Pollution Exposure: Potential for Confounding in Large Administrative Data Cohorts’ (see abstract attached). Please feel free to invite colleagues for the 30 minute presentation, and 30 minutes for discussion. Below is the link for the webinar. Do not forget to also call in: Webex Meeting Link: [https://healtheffects.webex.com/healtheffects/j.php?MTID=m83b9339cfd776bce4c15b52b32309782][1]<br> Meeting number: 731 902 549<br> Host key: 373396<br> Meeting password: Health0000 U.S/Canada Conference Line: 1.855.830.8937 (passcode: 269565)<br> Netherlands: 0800.026.0079 (passcode: 269565) Germany: 01801 000 011 (passcode: 269565) **HEI first investigators workshop** is scheduled for May 2-3, 2017, directly after the 2017 Annual HEI Conference in Alexandria, Virginia (May 1-2). (This applies to Joel Schwartz, Joey Antonelli, Christine Choirat and Qian Di.) **Schedule** ------------ All are meetings are currently scheduled from 1:00 - 2:30pm, but may be shortened to 1 hour, depending on the agenda for that day. Thursday, June 30 (Kresge 110) Thursday, September 29 (Landmark 403-Q) Thursday, October 13 (Kresge 110) Thursday, November 10 (Landmark 403-Q) Thursday, December 8 (Kresge 110) Friday, January 13 (Landmark 403-Q) Friday, February 10 (Kresge 110) Friday, March 24 (Landmark 403-Q) Thursday, April 27 *2:00 – 3:30* (Kresge 110) Thursday, May 18 (Landmark 403Q) Thursday, June 22 (Kresge 110) For those who are unable to attend in person, a BlueJeans meeting link will be distributed a few days prior to each meeting. *Please inform Kirsten O'Brien if you are unable to attend or need to call in.* **The Team** ------------ Joseph Antonelli, Yara Abu Awad, Cici Bauer (Brown), Chen Chen (Yale), Christine Choirat, Brent Coull, Kevin Cummiskey, Lingzhen Dai, Qian Di, Francesca Dominici, Kelvin Chi Cheung Fong, Chanmin Kim, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Petros Koutrakis, Kirsten O'Brien, Georgia Papadogeorgou, Joel Schwartz, Liuhua Shi, Richard Yun Wang, Yan Wang, Yaguang Wei, Ander Wilson (CSU), Maayan Yitshak-Sade, Antonella Zanobetti, Cory Zigler **Contact** ----------- Feel free to contact Kirsten O'Brien with any questions (kobrien@hsph.harvard.edu) [1]: https://healtheffects.webex.com/healtheffects/j.php?MTID=m83b9339cfd776bce4c15b52b32309782