for Community Health) study, a researcher- community partnership that is evaluating PFAS exposures and immune system effects in children in communities with PFAS water contamination and developing an online resource center for PFAS- affected communities. She is also the lead investigator of the Massachusetts PFAS and Your Health Study, part of the CDC’s PFAS Multi-Site Health Study. She co-leads the Community Engagement Core for the STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs) Superfund Research Program at the University of Rhode Island, including a study to evaluate PFAS levels in private wells on Cape Cod and identify contamination sources. She is a technical advisor to ATSDR’s Community Assistance Panel at the Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth, NH. Before joining Silent Spring Institute, she was a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Schaider earned her master's and PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering Science from MIT. She currently holds an appointment as a visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Shaun Mulholland is the City Manager for the City of Lebanon, NH. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Municipal Association. The City operates a landfill and solid waste facility which serves 22 municipalities in NH and VT.
Dr. Laurel Schaider is a Research Scientist at Silent Spring Institute, where she leads the Institute’s water quality research on PFAS and other contaminants of emerging concern. Her areas of expertise include environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, and exposure assessment. Her research focuses on characterizing PFAS exposures from drinking water, identifying other sources of PFAS exposure such as food packaging, understanding health effects associated with PFAS, investigating socioeconomic disparities in exposures to drinking water contaminants, and working with communities to develop research studies and resources to address their concerns. Dr. Schaider is the lead principal investigator for the PFAS-REACH (PFAS Research, Education, and Action
Steve Sliver was named Executive Director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) in February 2019. He is responsible for coordinating Michigan’s unique, multi-agency approach to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination across the state. A 33-year veteran of state government, he is the former assistant director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great
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