Elliott Horner, PhD, FAAAAI & Nicholas Nassikas, MD - Paradigms and Perspectives Indoor Air: Guidelines, Policies, & Regulation

This week we welcome Elliott Horner, PhD & Nicholas Nassikas, MD for a discussion about Indoor air: Guidelines, policies, and regulation from their Paradigms and perspectives article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI).

Nicholas Nassikas, MD is an attending physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at BIDMC and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on how weather and air quality affect the respiratory health of children and adults.

Dr. Elliott Horner, Lead Scientist at UL Solutions has worked in the IAQ field for over 30 years, conducting research and field investigations, providing training, disaster response and litigation support and was director of an IAQ laboratory. He is a recognized expert on fungal allergens and the impact of moisture in buildings, and has published over 50 research papers and book chapters. He has served on committees for ASTM, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, AIHA, and USGBC and served on the Board of IAQA. He is past chair of the ASHRAE Environmental Health Committee, and is currently on Standard 62.1 and 241 committees. He also holds a Healthcare Construction Certificate from ASHE, is a LEED AP, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Allergy.