Valérie Forest
Professor in the Center for Biomedical and Health Engineering, U1059 Inserm, France
Valérie Forest received her PhD in Biologic and Medical Engineering in 2005 from the Jean Monnet University in Saint-Etienne, France. After a 4-year post-doctoral position in the Research Centre of the Hospital Centre of the University of Montreal/Montreal Cancer Institute (Canada), she joined Mines Saint Etienne, one of the top 10 French graduate schools of engineering. She is Professor in the Center for Biomedical and Health Engineering, U1059 Inserm. She is Head of the Biological activity of inhaled particles Department and her current main research interest is the cytotoxicity of inhaled nanomaterials.
Exploring the Environmental and Health Impacts of Tire Emissions
Moderators: Francois Huaux and Benoit Ferrari
- Impact of Tire Emissions on Human Health Keynote
Speaker: Valerie Forest - Influence of Repeated Leaching of CMTT and TRWP on the Dissolved Concentration of Tyre Derived Chemicals
Speaker: Harriet Amy Byrne - Uptake of Tire-Derived Compounds by Lettuce Grown in Three Soils
Speaker: Anya Sherman - Tyre Particles Modulate Microbial-Mediated Soil Functions and Performance of Vegetable Crops
Speaker: Moritz Bigalke
Discussions and ways forward – panel discussion
Moderators: Benoit Ferrari, Stephan Wagner, Emeric Frejafon Speakers: Marie-Christine Gromaire, Seokhwan Lee, Jenifer McIntyre, Valerie Forest