National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
NLPPW is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, industry, and Tribal, state and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead by increasing lead poisoning prevention awareness.
24 events found.
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Collaborating for Child Well-being: A Toolkit for Local Health Departments & Early Care and Education Programs
OnlineThis webinar will introduce the new toolkit which provides practical guidance, tools and real-world examples to help Local Health Departments (LHDs) and Early Care and Education (ECE) organizations build and sustain effective partnerships.
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Engaging Communities in Research: From Manganese in Marietta to the Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
OnlineDr Haynes will walk us through her journey as postdoctoral fellow working with residents of Marietta, Ohio to address their concerns about a ferromanganese refinery to her latest community partnerships in East Palestine, Ohio and many in between. Although each study has a different exposure of concern, each one has been conducted with and for the community with the same guiding principles of community-engaged research.
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Drinking Water from Private Wells: Risks, Barriers, and Environmental Challenges
OnlineThis Grand Rounds series will provide healthcare providers with state-of-the-science content on current topics in pediatric environmental health. Such information will fill in the knowledge gaps of practitioners, enabling them to effectively counsel families whose children face possible health issues due to environmental chemicals, toxins, and other insults.
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The Overturning of Chevron Deference: Impacts on Environmental Health Decision Making
The June 28, 2024, Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference marks a pivotal shift that could reshape environmental regulation as we know it. The […]
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The Brain in Focus: Environmental Exposures, MRI, and Adolescent Brain Health
OnlineScientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will share the latest research on how the environment affects health. Through this webinar series, we aim to translate our science to empower families and communities to understand the science and make the lifestyle changes that matter most.
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Microbiomes of Pregnancy and Infancy: Implications for Child Health Outcomes
OnlineECHO cohort sites have collected longitudinal microbiome samples and data spanning pregnancy through adolescence from a geographically, socioeconomically, and ethnically diverse US sample. The power of the ECHO cohort lies […]
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Examining the role of diet in the study of Bisphenol A and child neurodevelopment: A pilot project
FeaturedOnlineNovember seminar of the PRCCEH. Led by Kristen Lyall, Sc.D., Associate Professor, and Marisa Patti, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University. They will discuss the results of their PRCCEH pilot project.
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Environmental Health Risks, Responses, and Resilience
OnlineMid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health & the Environment will cover PFAS, extreme cold, and stresses and challenges for the caregiver in addressing EH issues.
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Toxic Chemicals and Children Presentation by Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
Children's Hospital of Phiadelphia 3401 Civic Center Blvd., 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesLeonardo Trasande, MD, MPP is an internationally renowned leader in children’s environmental health. This seminar has an in-person and virtual option.
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Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology Symposium
Penn Medicine BRB II/III 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThis year’s symposium will bring together community members, researchers, healthcare professionals, and representatives from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to meet the challenges that we face in the Philadelphia metropolitan region
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The NJ Safe Schools Program at Rutgers
FeaturedOnlineThe PRCCEH December 2024 seminar: The NJ Safe Schools Program at Rutgers School of Public Health, and, selected findings from 2021-2023 NJ Newer High School Teachers Training-to-Research Cohort Study.
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Healthy Schools, Healthy Children
OnlineScientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will share the latest research on how the environment affects health. Through this webinar series, we aim to translate our science to empower families and communities to understand the science and make the lifestyle changes that matter most.
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Challenges and opportunities for extreme heat preparedness and response in U.S. cities
OnlinePlease join the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) and the Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL Climate) project for a webinar featuring Dr. Nicole Errett of the University of Washington.
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Climate Change and Human Health 101
OnlinePenn's Environmental Innovations Initiative is leading a talk on the impact of climate change on human health with the goal of increasing environmental literacy. The December speaker is Farah N Hussain, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Penn Medicine.
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The Human Cost of Wildfires: Protecting Health in a Changing Climate
OnlineJoin leading experts in climate science, pediatrics, mental health, environmental health, and climate adaptation to explore wide-ranging short-term and long-term health risks posed by wildfires and share practical strategies for building resilience and protecting communities.
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Protecting Our Children from Environmental Hazards
OnlinePlease join the Drexel Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program for its first MCH Speaker Series Presentation of 2025! Feel free to share this with trainees and colleagues who may also be interested. All are welcome.
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Environmental Health During Preconception and Pregnancy – Opportunities for Prevention
OnlineIn this webinar you will learn about burgeoning environmental health issues and how nurses can incorporate this information into their nursing practice.
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The 2025 Mental Health and Climate Change Summit
OnlineThis three-day online event is dedicated to exploring the connections between climate change and mental health.
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Associations of neighborhood environment, air pollution, and extreme temperature exposures with perinatal health outcomes
FeaturedOnlineThis session is led by Tim Nelin, MD, an attending physician and neonatology fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Environmental Justice and Children’s Health
OnlineThe panelists for this webinar will discuss environmental injustice and its effects on children from three unique perspectives.
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Our Planet, Our Health: 2025 Climate Action Convention
National Academy of Sciences Building Washington, D.C.Join us in Washington, DC from March 1-4, 2025, for Our Planet, Our Health: 2025 Climate Action Convention, one of the largest events ever focused on planetary health and climate action.
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2nd Annual CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference
OnlineThe CAFE Climate and Health Conference is an interdisciplinary opportunity for individuals from across the climate and health field to gather for cross-sector collaboration and engagement.
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Environmental Health Impacts of Artificial Playing Fields and Rubber Playground Surfaces
OnlineThe presentation will include the myths and realities regarding the benefits and risks of these products, whether used indoors or outdoors.