The Harvard Chan National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Center for Environmental Health is a coordinated set of resources and facilities supporting environmental health research and training activities throughout the greater Boston area. The center promotes integration between basic and applied environmental science, and fosters collaborations that cross departmental and institutional boundaries.
People with higher lead exposure before birth may have lower cognitive function in late adulthood, according to researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center. This finding was most significant for women exposed to lead during the second trimester.
Harvard Chan School findings on stillbirth and placental protein imbalance suggest new potential pathways to prevent stillbirth, especially in low-resource settings.
Read our February newsletter! We’re highlighting new research on potential respiratory toxicity of a short-chained PFAS and associations between prenatal lead exposure and adult cognition, and advertising upcoming events, including registration for CEEDS training.
Prenatal lead exposure, specifically during the second trimester, was associated with lower cognitive test scores later in life, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
A year after the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires, Harvard Chan researchers who have been assessing the disaster’s health impacts are taking stock of what they’ve learned, and of the work that lies ahead.
Read our January newsletter! We’re highlighting the winners of our flash funding competition for Community Action Funds, the 1st Annual LA Fires Research Conference, new CE courses, and upcoming seminars!
Living in cities that have more trees—and less grass and shrubs—was linked with decreased risk of heart disease, according to a new study co-authored by researchers from Harvard Chan School.
New research from Harvard Chan School shows that, during asthma flare-ups, the mechanical “squeezing” of the airway known as bronchoconstriction can trigger responses in the epithelial cells—those that line the airway—that make bronchoconstriction worsen and persist, creating a self-reinforcing cycle that may contribute to asthma progression.
A specific genetic difference in a gene called RTP5—known to be involved in smell and taste perception—was linked to a higher risk of early death in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, a study found.
