The burden of disease from environmental noise

摘要

In recognition of the time and effort that Dr Gerry McCullagh put into the promotion and education of acoustics throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Branch of the Institute holds an annual lecture where an industry expert is invited to present a talk on their area of expertise. The 2012 lecture, the seventh, titled The Burden of Disease from Environmental Noise, was presented by Dr Wolfgang Babisch from the Department of Environmental Hygiene, Federal Environment Agency in Berlin, Germany. The branch was also delighted to welcome Gerry's mother, Jean, and his wife, Rita, to the lecture. Wolfgang gave a brief introduction about his original studies in environmental engineering with particular emphasis on acoustics and air pollution, but from the beginning he had worked with specialists in interdisciplinary fields such as doctors, physicians, biochemists, statisticians and so on.