Brad Prezant

Presenter bio

Brad Prezant is a Principal Scientist at Prezant Environmental, in Melbourne Australia. He is an evidence-based public health scientist and Certified Occupational Hygienist with a background in epidemiology, ventilation, and hospital health and safety. 
 
He was the editor of a major standard of care document regarding indoor mould, Recognition, Evaluation, & Control of Indoor Mold (2007, AIHA), and is a current committee member and contributor to ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 Control of Infectious Aerosols. He is a frequent speaker on health and safety, and ventilation, in health care occupancies. 
 
He conducts ventilation assessments in a wide variety of building types. He establishes ventilation rates, verifies isolation, and traces contaminant movement through buildings using SF6 tracer ventilation methodologies. 
 
He developed a calculator based on Wells-Riley to assess risk of infection from COVID-19 In buildings. In March of 2021Mr. Prezant managed a team of engineers, scientists, and contractors on behalf of Coronavirus Quarantine Victoria (CQV) to assess and modify ventilation to safely re-open the hotel quarantine program in Victoria.