Indoor Air Quality Study Completion in Philadelphia Childcare Facilities
Women for a Healthy Environment recently announced their report following an EPA-sponsored indoor air quality study of Philadelphia childcare facilities.
Tag: air pollution
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Maternal and Child Health: From Awareness to Action
The 9th Annual Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Symposium will explore the research and evidence on the impacts of extreme heat on maternal and child health and discuss ways families, communities, and governments can take action.
Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Kids: How to Mitigate Health Effects
Children are particularly vulnerable to wildfire smoke, and we will review the increasing literature on wildfire smoke health effects in children. Health providers should understand how to access reliable air quality information, the limitations of low-cost sensors, and how to improve indoor air quality.
Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center is honored to host Kai Chen PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Yale University, where he conducts research on climate change, air pollution, and human health.
U.S. EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) Meeting
The Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee is a body of external researchers, academicians, health care providers, environmentalists, state and tribal government employees, and members of the public who advise the EPA on regulations, research, and communications related to children’s health.
New Research Sheds Light on Long-Term Pulmonary Outcomes for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Patients
New research by Dr. Sharon A. McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD, PRCCEH member, and her team revealed new insights into the long-term effects of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report
The State of the Air 2024 report finds that despite decades of progress cleaning up air pollution, 39% of people living in America—131.2 million people—still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution.
National Healthy Homes Webinar Series: Detection of Asthma Triggers in the Home: Novel Methods for Allergen and Mold Detection
Webinar for National Healthy Homes Month on asthma triggers and mold detection.
EPA sets stricter air emission rules for 3 Philly-area polluters and dozens of others nationwide
The new restrictions will apply to over 200 facilities across the country. The EPA says they’ll cut cancer risk.
PRCCEH 3rd Annual Symposium
The 3rd Annual PRCCEH Symposium brings together researchers, nonprofit organizations, governmental leaders and local residents to discuss and learn about the latest in children’s environmental health. Speakers will discuss the effects of lead poisoning, asthma, air pollution, climate change and toxic chemicals on pregnant people and young children.
Penn-CHOP ECHO Cohort and Methodological Innovations: Webinar Recording
This webinar overviews the Penn-CHOP ECHO program model, plans for the future, and how new methodological innovations and interventions will play a role in the ECHO cohort.
Drexel Urban Health Collaborative Weekly Forum: Leah Schinasi, PhD, and Karlin Moore
Leah Schinasi, PhD will present on a topic related to heat, and Karlin Moore will present a THRIVEair project update.
Healthy Communities Task Force Indoor Air Quality Meeting Series: Housing Quality and Health
Join the HCTF for our first of three webinars on indoor air quality and health. The first webinar in the series will focus on residential indoor air quality, exploring how our homes – from building materials to home maintenance to pests – affect indoor air quality and our health.
Public Health Day at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Connecting Public Health Professionals for Public Health Action
Join the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for short presentations on Public Health work being done in and around Philadelphia. The presentations will be followed by a networking event where you can connect with like-minded individuals and organizations.
CEET Pilot Project Program call for applications
The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at Penn’s Spring 2024 Pilot Project Program call for applications is open. Investigators can apply for funding to advance Environmental Health Science research. Awards of up to $50,000 available, and Feb. 29 is the deadline.
Climate Disruption, Air Pollution, and Young People’s Health: Challenges and Solutions
The event will feature doctors, government officials, mental health experts, and environmental justice advocates and highlight the interconnections between climate and air pollution, public health, and children. It will be exclusively live-streamed by Parents.
Community health impacts of air pollution in the US
Join the Climate Equity Initiative at Clean Air Task Force (CATF) for our sixth report launch, Community Health Impacts of Air Pollution in the U.S.
Excessive Heat and Air Pollution Are Putting Farmworkers’ Lives at Risk
One of our newest PRCCEH members Daniel Jackson Smith, Ph.D., AGPCNP-BC, CNE, was interviewed as part of a story on extreme heat events, air pollution and death among farmworkers in California.
CDC Environmental Health Nexus Webinar: Plan, Test, Mitigate: National and Local-level Efforts to Reduce Radon Risks in U.S. Communities
Join us on January 22, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET, for the next EH Nexus webinar. Subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the […]
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) Annual Meeting
SPER’s 37th Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held June 17-18, 2024 in Austin!
Test your home for radon this January
NIEHS recognizes January as National Radon Action Month, an observance led by the Environmental Protection Agency.
PRCCEH’s 2023 Year in Review
View our infographic for a look back at our Center’s achievements and partnerships in 2023!
Characterizing indoor air phthalates and volatile organic compounds in NY/NJ nail salons: Webinar recording
Webinar features Dr. Inkyu Han, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Temple University. He discusses his community-engaged research on toxic air pollutants in New York and New Jersey nail salons, his research methodology and results.
USA Exposome Symposium: Children’s Health, Environmental Justice, and the Exposome
This meeting will bring together academic, government, and community partners to share research findings, discuss the use of computational analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in analyzing results of large, multi-dimensional data sets, and discuss translational interventions and policies needed to reduce the effects of environmental injustice on child health.