The Light and Health Research Center (LHRC) at Mount Sinai in partnership with The Lighting Agora will launch a new video blog “vlog” series beginning in January 2022. The monthly series, called “A View from Mount Sinai,” will be hosted by Dan Frering, the LHRC’s education program director. Each vlog will feature information focused on diverse areas of lighting research including human health, transportation safety, energy, plant health, new technologies, and other exciting areas of exploration in light.
The View from Mount Sinai vlog will be posted monthly on the Lighting Agora website https://lightingagora.com/ and will be free for the public to view and share with others interested in learning about the latest information in lighting research. “I am excited to be able to use this video blog series to bring information about light to people in a fun and interesting way” said Dan Frering, the LHRC’s education program director, “I look forward to working with the Lighting Agora to bring these reports to the public and build interest and excitement about the power of light!”
“We at The Lighting Agora are thrilled to announce this new video blog in partnership with the Light and Health Research Center.” stated Tom Butters, Founder and Executive Director of The Lighting Agora. “We have the utmost respect for everyone associated with the LHRC and look forward to assisting to disseminate to the lighting industry an overview of the cutting-edge pertinent lighting research occurring there.”
The first View From Mount Sinai vlog will be posted in mid-January 2022 and will feature an overview of the LHRC and its recently opened lighting research laboratories near Albany, New York. A new vlog will be posted near the middle of each month from thereafter.
For more information on A View of Mount Sinai please contact Dan Frering at [email protected].
For more information on The Lighting Agora please contact us at [email protected]
About the LHRC
The Mount Sinai Light and Health Research Center (LHRC) is the world’s leading independent center for lighting research and education. The LHRC conducts research in light and human health, transportation lighting and safety, new lighting technologies, energy efficiency, and plant health. LHRC lighting scientists with multidisciplinary expertise in research, technology, design, and human factors, collaborate with a global network of partners from industry, government, academia, and other communities to conduct groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research in light. The LHRC is part of the Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The LHRC has facilities on the main campus of Mount Sinai in New York City as well as a state-of-the-art research center near Albany, New York, that includes a fully equipped photometry laboratory, human-subjects research capabilities, a design and application workshop, and space to host conferences, seminars, and other educational programs. Learn more about the LHRC at https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/light-health.
About the Lighting Agora
The Lighting Agora was founded during the COVID pandemic in 2021. The goal is to bring people in the lighting industry together to Learn, Earn and Return. It endeavors to be the industry’s go-to response to the question “Who can assist us with…?”
The Lighting Agora’s partners, and vast industry network, can provide you or your company or organization with lighting education, curriculum development, website development, marketing and marketing research, luminaire design, lighting design, and research assistance. The Lighting Agora: The solution to your lighting aspirations.
Learn more about The Lighting Agora at https://lightingagora.com/