Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
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.
665 Huntington Ave.
Building 1-1402
Boston, MA 02115
News
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Center faculty release video on study showing environmental exposures trigger asthma exacerbations
Harvard Chan NIEHS members Dr. Jin-Ah Park and Dr. Joanne E. Sordillo recently published findings in Allergy, “Transcriptomic profiles of well-differentiated airway epithelial cells in response to environmental triggers of…
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The disturbing truth about hair relaxers
The New York Times Magazine highlighted Center Deputy Director Dr. Tamarra James-Todd’s research into the negative health outcomes—cancer and adverse reproductive conditions—linked to ingredients in chemical hair relaxers and other hair products. These chemicals have caused harm to generations of Black women.
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March 2024 Environmental Health in Action Colloquium Series with Dr. David Richardson
“Findings from an international collaborative study of uranium miners from France, the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany and the United States” Please join us for the Environmental Health in Action Colloquium…
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New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research
Stricter new federal regulations on deadly fine particulate air pollution in the U.S. were announced on February 7—and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health research played a key role in the decision.
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Harvard launches two studies of Pilgrim nuclear plant health risks
Check out a recent interview with Dr. Petros Koutrakis and Jeannette Barnes, a reporter for Cape and Islands (CAI), regarding two new studies of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
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New research: Disparities in joint exposure to environmental and social stressors in urban households in Greater Boston
This article, published in the Dec 2023 issue of Environmental Research, examines patterns of environmental and social exposures at the household-level and potential predictors of these joint exposures in two environmental justice…
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Plan to eliminate lead pipes a ‘big win’ for Harvard Chan School scientists
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New report: Associations between noise and cardiovascular disease
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Research Fellow Barrak Alahmad talks to BBC about air pollution in the Middle East
Dr. Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD, is featured in BBC World Service Documentaries series on ‘How hidden oil pollution puts millions at risk in the Gulf’. In September, Dr. Alahmad…
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New publication: Examining exposure differences between residential and smartphone mobility-based greenness
Published in Environmental Health Perspectives, this research compares greenness exposure quantified with traditional residential buffers and novel mobility-based estimates from smartphone GPS to provide a more accurate reflection of greenness exposure…
