Dr. David Turcotte received his MS in Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University in 1999 and his Sc.D. in Work Environment Policy/Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2007. He is a Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and Director of the Lowell Healthy Homes Program and New England Healthy Homes Training Center, and Interim Director of the Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI). He has served as Principal Investigator on several U. S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded environmental intervention research grants in the homes of diverse low-income children and older adults. His recent HUD-funded research evaluates the effectiveness of portable high-efficiency air filtration units in improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma symptoms and healthcare utilization among low-income older adults with asthma. He also serves as Principal Investigator on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded The New England Consortium (TNEC), which focuses on occupational health and safety education. He is also a Senior Researcher/Project Director in the Center for Community Research and Engagement and a faculty member of the Center for Energy Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests mainly include healthy homes, pollution prevention, environmental asthma interventions, and sustainable housing.