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* Oct. 22, 11 a.m. — Since 2017, California has seen a worsening series of fire seasons — with 2020 setting a record of more than 4 million acres burned. Tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes — in some cases, more than once — and millions have been exposed to some of the worst air quality in the world. 

This week on 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis LIVE, hear from two 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis public health experts who have been studying how fires and smoke affect people, including pregnant moms and infants.

The guests:

• Irva Hertz-Picciotto is director of the NIH-funded 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center and professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis School of Medicine. Following the 2017 fires in Napa and Sonoma she established the Wildfires and Health: Assessing the Toll in NorthWest California (WHAT-NOW) survey to look at the effects of wildfire on people’s mental and physical health. 
• Rebecca Schmidt is an epidemiologist and associate professor in the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Department of Public Health Sciences. She is leading the B-SAFE survey on how wildfires are affecting pregnant women, new mothers and their babies.

The conversation, hosted by Soterios Johnson, will be streamed live on ,  and beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22.  

Questions can be submitted via Facebook and Twitter either in advance or during the show.