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.
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News
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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…
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Weisskopf chats with ‘My Nuclear Life’ podcast about SLBT Study
The St. Louis Baby Tooth Study has been reimagined. Using the original teeth collected from the children of the 1950s and 1960s Marc Weisskopf and his colleagues at Harvard are seeking to find new answers from old teeth.
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Second EJ Boot Camp Trains More Than 70 Attendees
More than 70 trainees, professors, community advocates, and folks with a variety of backgrounds came together on August 15th and 16th for an in-depth online boot camp on the theories…
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Menstruation animation helps shed light on a touchy topic
A new educational animation that debuted at the Museum of Science in Boston over the summer aims to give parents and children the chance to learn about menstruation—a topic that…
