2 Day: IAQ Workshop for Healthcare Professionals
Join the American Lung Association for a two-part, virtual workshop for healthcare professionals to assess and discuss indoor air pollutants with patients.
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PWD and Spectrum Health Utility & Resource Fair
Community health event for customers of the Philadelphia Water Department.
Score for Wellness
The Delaware County Health Department (DCHD) is hosting a Score for Wellness event at the WSFS Bank Sportsplex in Chester, PA, to connect residents with health resources, including screenings, asthma information, and lead testing.
PEHSU’s Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program: Webinar Series
Join PEHSU’s Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program to learn more about environmental exposures during the perinatal period and pediatric cancer risk from Joseph Wiemels, PhD.
Public Health Grand Rounds — Report on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Philadelphia
Join the Section on Public Health for a Grand Rounds focused on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.
Annual Black Perinatal Health Summit
Join us for a day of connection, learning, and collective action at our 5th Annual Black Perinatal Health Summit. This event is dedicated to uniting clinical and non-clinical birth workers, community leaders, and advocates to advance health equity.
Philadelphia Public Health Symposium
The Public Health Symposium bringing together community organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies to showcase their work, connect with one another, and discuss the public health issues shaping Philadelphia and beyond.
Empowering Care, Elevating Voices: A Summit for Maternal Health Justice
A day of intentional dialogue and action focused on improving maternal health outcomes for Black families and communities.
Tools & Resources Webinar: America’s Children and the Environment
EPA’s America’s Children and the Environment (ACE) serves as a national barometer for children’s environmental health, featuring over 35 environmental and health indicators.
2026 ECHO Symposium: Translating Science to Action
This free event will bring together researchers, policymakers, health professionals, and advocates to examine how chemical exposures affect child health and development and how science is being translated into meaningful action.
5th Annual Margo Simon Golden Memorial Webinar: Environmental Justice and Women’s Health
Dr. James-Todd’s work focuses on the importance of pregnancy as a sensitive window of consumer product and environmental chemical exposures.
Radon Awareness Webinar
January is Radon Action Awareness Month! Learn all about this naturally occurring gas and how it enters homes and buildings. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US.
Radon Awareness Webinar
January is Radon Action Month! Learn all about this naturally occurring gas and how it enters homes and buildings. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US.
Before You Light Your Fireplace, Use These Tips to Make it Safer for Your Lungs
Experts explain how to enjoy your fireplace safely this winter and protect yourself from indoor air pollutants.
Healthy Housing Best Practice Policy Brief
This policy brief builds on the learnings from Penn Center for Public Health’s October 17, 2025, Healthy Housing Symposium. It outlines evidence-informed recommendations and practices to reduce the risks and burdens of unhealthy housing and to expand access to healthy homes.
January is National Radon Action Month
January is National Radon Action Month, a vital time to raise awareness about one of the most common – and preventable – environmental health risks facing children today.
Health Risks from Air Pollution: Costs of Relaxing Standards
His work with other researchers on the health effects of ozone exposure has focussed on the cardiovascular effects of air pollution and on factors which modify the body’s response, with some evidence that diabetics patients are more susceptible.
PRCCEH 2025 Year in Review
Thank you for another great year at Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health. We appreciate all our wonderful members, partners, and collaborators. Please enjoy this infographic of the year that was!
Researchers create ‘digital monument’ to site of 2019 South Philly refinery explosion
A new website details over a century of a tumultuous, industrial history at the facility, which has since been demolished by its new owners.
Indoor Air Quality and Children’s Health
An overview of the major types of air pollutants commonly found in indoor environments, and their primary sources. It will examine the factors affecting indoor air quality and explore effective control measures to reduce indoor air pollutant levels
Our Region’s Children Environmental Health State Profiles
The Children’s Environmental Health Network has developed fact sheets that include indicators of environmental hazards, environmental exposure, and child health and development to provide an understanding of children’s environmental health at the state level.
Black Maternal Health and Neonatal Equity Conference: Moving Forward
Bringing together healthcare professionals and parent advocates to elevate health equity, inclusion, and accountability, while centering the lived experiences, and solutions of Black birthing and preemie families in challenging times.
PGW LIHEAP DAY
This event will provide on-site assistance to apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Income eligible households will be able to apply for up to $1,000 in assistance. This program is open to homeowners and renters. Applicants do not need to be delinquent to apply.
Children’s Environmental Health Week Webinars for Nurses
Five webinars on children’s environmental health for nurses