Erika Garcia, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, presents “Environmental health co-benefits of vehicle electrification: are real-world impacts detectable yet?”

Vehicle electrification is projected to have considerable co-benefits for public health through reductions in tailpipe emissions. The potential impacts of the transition to electric vehicles (EV) on air quality and health have been studied under various hypothetical scenarios—but what do real-world data show? Are we able to detect impacts during this early phrase of the transition towards EVs? Using longitudinal data from the state with the largest EV adoption levels, Dr. Garcia will present results from the “EV Adoption in California” (EVAC) Study which investigates the air quality and respiratory health impacts of the EV transition.