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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A push to remove gas stoves from public housing
Our Center’s CEC Director Gary Adamkiewicz, an associate professor of environmental health and exposure disparities who has studied potential health harms in public housing for almost 11 years, was quoted in…
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Climate and Justice: Q&A with USEPA Administrator David Cash
BOSTON, MA – On Weds, Dec. 14, our Center partnered with the Office of Communications to host “Climate and Justice: The EPA’s action plan” in The Studio. The featured speaker…
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New study: Ambient temperature during pregnancy and fetal growth in Eastern Massachusetts, USA
New study by Dr. Stefania Papatheodorou and team suggests higher temperatures are associated with in-utero fetal growth with brain parameters being particularly vulnerable. Published in International Journal of Epidemiology.
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New study: Impacts of long-term air pollutant exposures and CVD biomarkers on health professionals
A new study published in Environmental Research found that associations between air pollution and inflammatory biomarkers in men and women were generally weak, but focusing on specific pollutant-inflammatory mechanisms may clarify pathways. The study, funded in part by our Center, used data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study.
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#EnvRacBoston Storymap selected as runner up in Esri’s 2022 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge
The #EnvRacBoston project, an interactive web resource that outlines the history of environmental racism in greater Boston, as well as efforts to promote environmental justice in the area, was selected…
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Tamarra James-Todd receives 12th Annual Alice Hamilton Award
Congratulations to Tamarra James-Todd who will receive the 12th Annual Alice Hamilton Award from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This award by the Committee on the Advancement…
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Francine Laden receives 2022 Marianne Wessling Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Francine Laden, the 2022 recipient of the Marianne Wessling Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award given annually to recognize members of the Harvard Chan School community who have significantly contributed…
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Meet Our Members: Nicholas Nassikas, MD
This month, we chat with Dr. Nick Nassikas, Instructor in Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center about his research, career and hobbies. What research are you currently working…
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2022 Center Retreat
BOSTON, MA. – On Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, the HSPH-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health hosted their annual retreat at the Weld Hill Research Building in the Arnold Arboretum. This marked…
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Joe Allen presents at White House summit on indoor air quality
Dr. Joseph Allen, associate professor for exposure assessment science and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was a guest panelist at the…
