Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
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Populations to pathways to prevention: Environmental health science to empower action. Learn more: hsph.me/niehs
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The Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health is home to over 80 scientists who are actively working to identify and reduce environmental contributors to chronic disease burdening millions of Americans. Read more about our impact: hsph.me/NIEHS-Impact
Our fall 2025 newsletter is out! We're highlighting community education about PFAS 'forever chemicals,' seminars, new working groups, and the 2025 EHSCC Annual Meeting! Read more: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our fall 2025 newsletter is out! We're highlighting community education about PFAS 'forever chemicals,' seminars, new working groups, and the 2025 EHSCC Annual Meeting! Read more: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
Join us Wednesday, November 12, at 1 pm ET, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Will Mair @willmair.bsky.social on Metabolic flexibility and healthy aging. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Join us Wednesday, November 12, at 1 pm ET, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Will Mair @willmair.bsky.social on Metabolic flexibility and healthy aging. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
Join us tomorrow, October 22, at 1 pm ET for a Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Member Research Presentation with @penggao.bsky.social on 'Mapping the human exposome.' In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-CRP for more info and Zoom registration.
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us tomorrow, October 22, at 1 pm ET for a Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Member Research Presentation with @penggao.bsky.social on 'Mapping the human exposome.' In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-CRP for more info and Zoom registration.
Join us tomorrow, October 8, for a Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Member Research Presentation with Dr. JP Onnela. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-CRP for more info and Zoom registration. @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Join us tomorrow, October 8, for a Harvard Chan NIEHS Center Member Research Presentation with Dr. JP Onnela. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/NIEHS-CRP for more info and Zoom registration. @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social
The September newsletter is out! Read about our recent Center retreat, honoring CEC Director of Community Engagement Ann Backus, new research findings, and upcoming events: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The September newsletter is out! Read about our recent Center retreat, honoring CEC Director of Community Engagement Ann Backus, new research findings, and upcoming events: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
Join us tomorrow, September 10, at 1 pm ET, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Caroline Buckee of @harvardepi.bsky.social. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join us tomorrow, September 10, at 1 pm ET, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Caroline Buckee of @harvardepi.bsky.social. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
Join the Center on the Developing Child for a webinar on how wildfires impact early childhood development and health. Hear findings from @lafirehealth.bsky.social and learn how these insights can guide efforts to reduce exposure and protect healthy development. 🗓️ Register here: bit.ly/4oPIT3K
Protecting Young Children From the Impacts of Wildfires - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Join us for a live discussion on how wildfire smoke affects young children and how we can reduce exposure to support healthy development.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join the Center on the Developing Child for a webinar on how wildfires impact early childhood development and health. Hear findings from @lafirehealth.bsky.social and learn how these insights can guide efforts to reduce exposure and protect healthy development. 🗓️ Register here: bit.ly/4oPIT3K
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Good morning and welcome to #ISESISEE2025 Day 2! ☀️ Let’s keep the energy high and dive into another day of amazing talks, poster sessions, and our conference dinner!
What are YOU most excited about today? 🤩 Let us know!
#ExposureScience #EnvironmentalEpidemiology
What are YOU most excited about today? 🤩 Let us know!
#ExposureScience #EnvironmentalEpidemiology
August 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Good morning and welcome to #ISESISEE2025 Day 2! ☀️ Let’s keep the energy high and dive into another day of amazing talks, poster sessions, and our conference dinner!
What are YOU most excited about today? 🤩 Let us know!
#ExposureScience #EnvironmentalEpidemiology
What are YOU most excited about today? 🤩 Let us know!
#ExposureScience #EnvironmentalEpidemiology
The Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health is home to over 80 scientists who are actively working to identify and reduce environmental contributors to chronic disease burdening millions of Americans. Read more about our impact: hsph.me/NIEHS-Impact
August 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health is home to over 80 scientists who are actively working to identify and reduce environmental contributors to chronic disease burdening millions of Americans. Read more about our impact: hsph.me/NIEHS-Impact
Center Members @joeallenjoe.bsky.social and Kari Nadeau have released an important commentary in Nature on soil remediation practices after urban wildfires in LA, with policy recommendations to reduce lead exposure risk, especially for children. Press release and commentary: hsph.me/LAleadcommentary
Are current lead limits strict enough to keep children safe? | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
For Immediate Release:
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August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Center Members @joeallenjoe.bsky.social and Kari Nadeau have released an important commentary in Nature on soil remediation practices after urban wildfires in LA, with policy recommendations to reduce lead exposure risk, especially for children. Press release and commentary: hsph.me/LAleadcommentary
Check out this new paper by Center member @smahalingaiahmd.bsky.social about the menstrual cycle as an important source of information about general health!
Our menstrual cycles say so much about our overall health – not just our reproductive health. A new paper, “The menstrual cycle: a vital sign across the lifespan,” is now available online in @thelancet.com: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #obgynsky #publichealth #episky
The menstrual cycle: a vital sign across the lifespan
The menstrual cycle can provide valuable health information. However, concerns related
to menstruation (eg, pain, heavy bleeding, and irregular menstrual cycles) are frequently
overlooked by medical p...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Check out this new paper by Center member @smahalingaiahmd.bsky.social about the menstrual cycle as an important source of information about general health!
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"‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC." Read the Boston Globe story featuring Dr. Adamkiewicz and Dr. Rice discussing impacts to their research aimed at helping Boston communities cope with heat and pollution.
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‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC. - The Boston Globe
As part of its far-reaching assault on the university, the Trump administration rescinded the money for the project.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC." Read the Boston Globe story featuring Dr. Adamkiewicz and Dr. Rice discussing impacts to their research aimed at helping Boston communities cope with heat and pollution.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
Center Director Marc Weisskopf and team's new paper, published in JAMA Network Open, shows an increased risk of cancer for people who grew up near Coldwater Creek (St. Louis, MO). The area was contaminated by radioactive byproducts from the Manhattan Project. Read more below! @hsph.harvard.edu
Manhattan Project Waste Linked to Higher Risk of Cancer
People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County faced a heightened risk of cancer, new research suggests.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Center Director Marc Weisskopf and team's new paper, published in JAMA Network Open, shows an increased risk of cancer for people who grew up near Coldwater Creek (St. Louis, MO). The area was contaminated by radioactive byproducts from the Manhattan Project. Read more below! @hsph.harvard.edu
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New Research from Dr. Kari Nadeau and @lafirehealth.bsky.social has shown that urban wildfires increase lead exposures for first responders. An @LATimes.com reporter decided to test his blood to see what type of impact the fires posed to residents.
I covered the L.A. fires in the Palisades. So I had my blood tested for lead
The Los Angeles County wildfires unleashed all kinds of contaminants once locked away in paints, plastics and elsewhere. Among the most concerning is lead, so, like hundreds of Angelenos, a reporter…
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July 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New Research from Dr. Kari Nadeau and @lafirehealth.bsky.social has shown that urban wildfires increase lead exposures for first responders. An @LATimes.com reporter decided to test his blood to see what type of impact the fires posed to residents.
Learn more about research conducted by the LA Fire HEALTH Study, headed by Center members Dr. Kari Nadeau and Dr. Joe Allen!
“We’ve known that smoke exposure causes poor outcomes, but we haven’t understood how,” said Dr. Kari Nadeau for ABC News. “Our study fills in this knowledge gap, so that [we're] better equipped to respond to the growing threat of ... toxic wildfires.”
New study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes - LA Fire HEALTH Study
A new study by researchers at USC, including LA Fire HEALTH Study Consortium member, Rima Habre, has found that exposure to wildfire smoke and heat stress can negatively affect birth outcomes for…
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July 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Learn more about research conducted by the LA Fire HEALTH Study, headed by Center members Dr. Kari Nadeau and Dr. Joe Allen!
Join us this Wednesday, June 11, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Raanan Raz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join us this Wednesday, June 11, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Raanan Raz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
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How big of a threat to public health are the recent federal funding cuts? Dr. Marc Weisskopf, who conducts research on ALS in veterans explains on @cnn.com how the recent grant terminations are a big set back for public health.
Watch: app.frame.io/presentation...
Watch: app.frame.io/presentation...
June 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How big of a threat to public health are the recent federal funding cuts? Dr. Marc Weisskopf, who conducts research on ALS in veterans explains on @cnn.com how the recent grant terminations are a big set back for public health.
Watch: app.frame.io/presentation...
Watch: app.frame.io/presentation...
The May newsletter is out! We're celebrating the graduation of our student community engagement employee and sharing new pilot research on why flight attendants face higher risk for certain cancers. Also, scholarships for Community Exposures and Health Training! Read more: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
June 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The May newsletter is out! We're celebrating the graduation of our student community engagement employee and sharing new pilot research on why flight attendants face higher risk for certain cancers. Also, scholarships for Community Exposures and Health Training! Read more: hsph.me/NIEHSnews
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Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, as well as faculty and staff, at Harvard Chan School. Today, we celebrated the many achievements of this year's award winners at a ceremony in the Kresge building.
View the full list of awards and winners:
View the full list of awards and winners:
Graduation 2025: Award winners | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff.
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May 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, as well as faculty and staff, at Harvard Chan School. Today, we celebrated the many achievements of this year's award winners at a ceremony in the Kresge building.
View the full list of awards and winners:
View the full list of awards and winners:
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Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.
We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
Harvard’s public health research, in 7 words or less
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May 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.
We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
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Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.
May 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.
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With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
May 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
Registration is open for our virtual Community Exposures and Health Training August 12-13! @cupublichealth.bsky.social, @uwsph.bsky.social and @hsph.harvard.edu team with experts to teach concepts for conducting environmental health research. Scholarships & early-bird rates: hsph.me/NIEHS-CEH
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Registration is open for our virtual Community Exposures and Health Training August 12-13! @cupublichealth.bsky.social, @uwsph.bsky.social and @hsph.harvard.edu team with experts to teach concepts for conducting environmental health research. Scholarships & early-bird rates: hsph.me/NIEHS-CEH
Join us Wednesday, May 14, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Zorana Jovanovic Anderson of the University of Copenhagen. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
May 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Join us Wednesday, May 14, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Zorana Jovanovic Anderson of the University of Copenhagen. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and Zoom registration.
See how Harvard Chan researchers are making a difference: hsph.harvard.edu/research-imp...
For more than 100 years, Harvard Chan School has worked to build a world where everyone can thrive.
Our discoveries and solutions have improved life for millions of people around the globe. And we’re expanding that impact every day.
Our discoveries and solutions have improved life for millions of people around the globe. And we’re expanding that impact every day.
May 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
See how Harvard Chan researchers are making a difference: hsph.harvard.edu/research-imp...