Scientists 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.
Thursday, October 10th, 2024 is the annual celebration of Children’s Environmental Health Day. The aim of CEH Day is to raise awareness to ignite local, regional and international action to […]
This webinar will provide an overview of the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental health hazards, including students and staff in the school environment focusing on both legacy and emerging threats
Penn’s commitment of $10 million annually for 10 years was announced in 2020; Penn Today reports on the progress made.
Join the Women for a Healthy Environment and the PRCCEH for an essential professional development session on Green Cleaning designed specifically for early childcare providers. This event provides 2 PQAS credits.
Join the Women for a Healthy Environment and the PRCCEH for an essential professional development session on Green Cleaning designed specifically for early childcare providers. This event provides 2 PQAS credits.
If you’re considering becoming a CEH Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.
If you’re considering becoming a Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.
Presentations from the 2024 PRCCEH Symposium
Our theme this year is New Horizons: Building Bridges to Shape the Environmental Health Future, focusing on responding to the needs of the profession with new topics like heat waves in the U.S., data modernization, burn-out, and artificial intelligence for environmental health, along with our traditional topics such as food safety and water quality.
When exposed to heat and humidity, children are at higher risk of heat-related illness than most adults, and this can be worse if a child becomes dehydrated.
Center member Tyra Bryant-Stephens, along with Chen Kenyon and Bianca Nfonoyim Bernhard wrote an op-ed for Stat News titled,As childhood asthma worsens, insurers restrict access to an essential medication.
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.
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.
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.
Webinar for National Healthy Homes Month on asthma triggers and mold detection.
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.
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.
Take these steps to help eliminate allergy and asthma triggers. This article is part of a series on ShareCare featuring experts in children’s environmental health.
Anneclaire DeRoos, PhD, MPH will present “Philadelphia greenspace during infancy & asthma incidence”, and Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH and Andrea Jaffee will present “Climate change and temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities.”
Leah Schinasi, PhD will present on a topic related to heat, and Karlin Moore will present a THRIVEair project update.
The President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force) has published their priority activities for the next 5 years. Their priorities align with the focus areas of the PRCCEH.
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.
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.
