Enhancing Clinical & Environmental Practices for Effective Case Management

NC DPH Children’s Environmental Health Headquarters, Durham, NC | Friday, August 21, 2026

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Image of the first slide for the clinical lead training2026 Clinical Lead Training (link to full recording on YouTube)


Background of Lead in NC and Overview of State Programming
Ed Norman, MPH, NC DHHS Children’s Environmental Health
Slides begin at 7:09 timestamp in full recording above.

The List Keeps Growing! Known and Emerging Sources of Lead Exposures
Tonya Zimmerman, REHS, NC DHHS Children’s Environmental Health
Slides begin at 53:56 timestamp in full recording above.
First slide of Ashley Wallace
Health Effects of Exposure in Pregnancy & Early Childhood: Real-life Applications
Ashley Wallace, MD, Duke Children’s Primary Care​ 
Slides begin at 1:28:40 timestamp in full recording above.

Lead Testing Procedures and the State Lab’s Role
Dee Pettit, PhD, NC State Laboratory of Public Health
Slides begin at 2:23:52 timestamp in full recording above.
We’re In This Together! How Local & State Agencies Collaborate to Help Impacted Families

Ashley Stacy-Boddapati, MPH, RN, NC DHHS Children’s Environmental Health ​ 
Susan Falls, BSN, RN, Cleveland County Health Department​ 
  Michelle Pendleton, RN, Atrium Health Pediatrics-Premier 
Slides begin at 3:01:13 timestamp in full recording above.

The Importance of NC Lead in Case Management
Jeff Smedley, MPH, NC DHHS Children’s Environmental Health ​
Slides begin at 4:10:51 timestamp in full recording above.
Environmental Investigation of Child Lead Poisoning Hazards​
David Brown, MPA, REHS, NC DHHS Children’s Environmental Health​ 
Slides begin at 4:40:29 timestamp in full recording above.
Using Public Health Education to Inform Impacted Families​ 
Neasha Graves, MPA, UNC IE Center for Public Engagement with Science
Slides begin at 5:20:11 timestamp in full recording above.

This training is provided through a partnership of the NC DHHS Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, the Office of the Chief Public Health Nurse, and the UNC Institute for the Environment.

Certificates of completion will include 6.0 contact hours in continuing education. Certificates of completion may be earned for watching the training recording until August 20, 2027 at 11:59pm. Continuing education has been approved until that date and time.