One of Australia’s most experienced air quality experts
Brad Prezant
Principal Consultant
MSPH, MBA, COH, CIH, CAQP, WELL AP/Assessor/Advisory Board
Certified Occupational Hygienist
Brad Prezant is a public health and occupational health scientist, with epidemiology and public health perspective. He works primarily as a consultant, with additional experience as a University-based research scientist. He has assessed indoor air quality and ventilation, as well as mould and moisture, in airports, hospitals, public buildings, and schools since 1979, including a moisture and mould assessment of the residence of Amazon's chief executive, Jeff Bezos. He is one of 50 persons worldwide with the designation, Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), sub-specialty Indoor Air Quality.
In 2020 & 2021, Mr. Prezant assessed ventilation and airborne transmission of COVID-19 in various public buildings and schools, designed the first easy-to-use risk calculator for calculating the risk of COVID-19 infection, and supervised a team of engineers & contractors to re-design hotel quarantine ventilation on behalf of Coronavirus Quarantine Victoria.
Mr. Prezant is the author of numerous professional documents published by professional societies addressing indoor mould, including a co-author of the Bioaerosols chapter in Aerosols Handbook: Measurement, Dosimetry, and Health Effects, and editor of the first edition of Recognition, Evaluation, & Control of Indoor Mold, published by the AIHA.
He is the author of AIRAH’s Guidance Document for Schools: COVID-19 Ventilation Optimisation, and was a contributor to the Harvard School of Public Health document on airborne transmission of COVID-19 in airports. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to indoor air quality, bushfire smoke, indoor moisture and mould, asbestos, methamphetamine labs, and ventilation.
Mr. Prezant is an independent expert for select cases regarding SARS-CoV-2, mould, asbestos, air pollution and cardiovascular disease, and indoor air quality in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.
Mr. Prezant assesses built environments for a range of airborne hazards including chemicals, pollutants, and ventilation effectiveness.
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