Research Initiation Award: Characteristics of the Annual Airborne Pollen Spectrum in Northeast Florida

研究启动奖：佛罗里达州东北部年度空气传播花粉谱的特征

• 批准号: 2000433
• 负责人: Brian seymour
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Edward Waters College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Initiation; Award; Characteristics; Annual

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to work towards establishing research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution. and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. This project at Edward Waters College intends to characterize the pattern of urban airborne pollen in northeast Florida. The proposed work will result in the construction of a calendar of airborne pollen, provide hands-on research activity for undergraduate students and increase the research capacity of Edward Waters college. The proposed work will expose undergraduate students to forensic ecology and botany.The proposed project will be a 2-year study to examine the morphological structure of the anemophilous (wind pollinated) pollen grains in Northeast Florida. Many published palynological studies done in the Tampa Bay area and the southern parts of Florida. However, there are no published materials on the Northeast area of the state. A Burkard volumetric sampler will be used to trap airborne pollen grains. The sampler will be on the roof of Edward Waters College. This area is in the poorest, most urban, and predominantly African American area of Jacksonville and is known as Health Zone 1 by public health officials. Another sampler will be place on the roof of a building in the wealthiest Health Zones (Health Zone 6) to compare pollen grain concentrations. Pollen concentration will be determined after transferring samples onto microscope slides for staining with Caberla’s solution and then identification and quantification using the single longitudinal traverse method. This seminal aeropalynological study will allow characterization of the local vegetation in Northeast Florida. Undergraduates will gain an appreciation of Forensic palynology in which they can use this ideal biomarker for associating people and objects to specific places. Undergraduate students will experience how meteorological conditions can influence the pollen season. Global warming and climate change will affect the pollen patterns and will affect the most vulnerable population such as residents of Health Zone 1. Long-term pollen monitoring through this volumetric method would generate data to establish a phenological pollen calendar for Northeast Florida. The determination of the pollen content in the air and the data analysis will enable the characterization of pollen types with a view to correlating the results with pollen allergy data from the Department of Health.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

催化剂项目为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学提供支持，努力建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学、技术、工程和数学本科教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高教师的研究能力，改善研究和教学。爱德华沃特斯学院的这个项目旨在描述佛罗里达州东北部城市空气花粉的模式，并让本科生参与其中，并提供实践机会。研究拟议的工作将让本科生接触法医生态学和植物学。拟议的项目将是一项为期 2 年的研究，旨在检查风媒（风媒）花粉的形态结构。佛罗里达州东北部的谷物。许多已发表的孢粉学研究是在坦帕湾地区和佛罗里达州南部地区进行的，但是，没有关于该州东北地区的公开材料。采样器将位于爱德华沃特斯学院的屋顶上，该地区位于杰克逊维尔最贫穷、最城市化且以非裔美国人为主的地区，被公共卫生官员称为“健康区 1”。放置在最富裕的卫生区（卫生区 6）的建筑物屋顶上，比较花粉粒浓度。将样品转移到显微镜载玻片上，用卡贝拉溶液染色，然后使用单纵向进行识别和定量，然后确定花粉浓度。这项开创性的航空孢粉学研究将使本科生能够了解法医孢粉学的特征，利用这种理想的生物标记将人和物体与特定的地方联系起来。可以影响花粉季节。全球变暖和气候变化将影响花粉模式，并将影响最脆弱的人群，例如卫生区 1 的居民。通过这种体积方法进行长期花粉监测将生成数据为佛罗里达州东北部建立物候花粉日历，确定空气中的花粉含量和数据分析将能够表征花粉类型，以便将结果与卫生部的花粉过敏数据相关联。该奖项反映了 NSF 的贡献。法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

How can we end the health disparity that exists in asthma care?

我们如何才能消除哮喘护理中存在的健康差距？

• DOI: 10.33424/futurum288
• 发表时间: 2022-08
• 期刊: Futurum Careers
• 作者: Seymour; Brian
• 通讯作者: Brian

Airborne Pollen Reached Severe Levels During the Spring Season in an Underserved Community with High Asthma rates in Jacksonville Florida

春季，佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔一个哮喘发病率高、服务水平低下的社区，空气中的花粉达到了严重水平

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.12.657
• 发表时间: 2022-02
• 期刊: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• 影响因子: 14.2
• 作者: Seymour, Brian;Segree, Annik;Adams, Onecia;Oliver, Jordan;Hamn, Ashley;Feinberg, Valerie
• 通讯作者: Feinberg, Valerie

Allergic asthma and the legacy of structural racism on the African American urban communities

过敏性哮喘和结构性种族主义对非裔美国人城市社区的影响

• DOI: 10.56367/oag-037-10544
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 期刊: Open Access Government
• 作者: Seymour; Brian WP
• 通讯作者: Brian WP

A 2-Year Study to Analyze the Distribution and Concentration of the Major Airborne Pollen Grains During the Spring Seasons in Northeast Florida

一项为期两年的研究，分析佛罗里达州东北部春季主要空气传播花粉粒的分布和浓度

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.12.265
• 发表时间: 2023-02
• 期刊: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• 影响因子: 14.2
• 作者: Seymour, Brian;Segree, Annik;Adams, Onecia;Oliver, Jordan;Nwadiokwu, Obiajuru;Tran, Chau;Anderson, Shaneaka;Murage, Ephraim
• 通讯作者: Murage, Ephraim