Special Presentation: Environmental Exposures and Cognition Across the Lifecourse, by Aisha Dickerson.

Aisha Dickerson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will present Environmental Exposures and Cognition Across the Lifecourse. Dr. Aisha Dickerson, is an environmental neuroepidemiologist with primary research interests in environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, she studies environmental and occupational exposures to metals over the life course and subsequent individual and transgenerational neurological outcomes, including autism spectrum disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and dementia. She also investigates the influence of disparities in autism assessment and service provision along with environmental justice issues in underserved communities