School Indoor Air Quality Research Summit: Inspiring the next generation of research and enabling effective partnerships

The School IAQ Research Summit was hosted in Washington, DC on October 20, 2023, by the Center for Green Schools and its partners. The summit’s central objective was to build a shared understanding between environmental health researchers and school system staff about the research needed to support healthy indoor air for students and teachers. Read about the summit's attendees, discussion, and outcomes in this complete proceedings.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center focused on understanding the challenges faced by schools, communicating their challenges to policymakers and the public, and educating school staff about the latest evidence for action. We noticed in the midst of this work that the investigations being carried out by trusted researchers in the field were not always matching the on-the-ground needs of school stakeholders, and the summit was created to address this misalignment.