Health research on a warming planet
Penn Medicine researchers are adding to a growing body of evidence showing the many ways climate change touches human health.
Tag: equity
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.
Putting Environmental Justice into Practice: Connecting Grassroots Activism, Research, and Community Investment
Panelists will explore practical approaches to integrating environmental justice with grassroots activism and scientific research, emphasizing collaborative strategies and digital media approaches.
The Bureau of Family Health invites you to help influence Pennsylvania’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant
The Bureau of Family Health requests your voice to help identify the seven to ten priorities that will drive Pennsylvania’s Title V programs.
Heat, Harvest and Health webinar recording
Recording of the February 2024 webinar by Dr. Daniel Jackson Smith on his research with farmworkers in South Georgia, particularly on heat health and extreme weather.
Priorities of the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children
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.
APHA’s Climate, Health and Equity Summit
APHA invites you to our first-ever Climate, Health and Equity Summit, a two-day virtual event bringing together APHA members and partners from across sections and disciplines to explore the intersectionality of climate, health and equity, build community, and advance collaborative work in the pursuit of a healthier, more equitable future.
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.
Researchers from CHOP, Drexel find disparities in rates of certain preterm births
A team of researchers from Drexel University and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (including Center members Drs. Jane Clougherty and Heather Burris) studied how different circumstances of preterm birth may indicate the health of the parents and their surrounding community at a geographic level.
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.
To improve maternal health in Philly, a Penn Medicine program has homed in on food insecurity
The issue affects nearly 1 in 4 Americans and can lead to anemia, low birth weight and death. Providers seek to address it by connecting patients to healthy food sources
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.
Not So Sweet: Applesauce, Lunchables and Lead
Kevin Osterhoudt, MD is a pediatrician, medical toxicologist and the Medical Director of The Poison Control Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Kevin is considered an international expert in the treatment of childhood lead poisoning.
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program and Philadelphia
A multidisciplinary group of researchers from CHOP and Penn Medicine have received a $50 million grant from the NIH to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children’s health. The research program is part of the NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, which funds research to uncover how environmental exposures during preconception, pregnancy and early life affect children’s long-term health.
Environmental Justice for All
This event brings together leading researchers across disciplines such as planning, health, engineering and more doing work in the field of environmental justice to share their insights and foster dialogue on the state of current knowledge and what it means for a sustainable, resilient, and just future.
PEPH 2024 | Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Engaging Diverse Teams
The purpose of this three-day meeting is to bring grantees and partners within the Partnerships for Environmental Public Health network together for the first time since February 2020 to discuss common issues, approaches, and opportunities. The focus will be on engaging diverse teams in the context of the intersection of climate change and environmental justice.
Academic Year Grand Rounds: Climate Change, Children’s Health, and Equity
Please join us for the Department of Pediatrics 2023-2024 Academic Year Grand Rounds on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the Hub Auditorium
Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center
Drexel University received a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center
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.
A Community-based Approach to Protect Children Where They Play
A community-based, family-centered approach that healthier environments and consequently better health, developmental and academic outcomes.
Dr. Marilyn Howarth was interviewed by the Partnerships for Environmental Public Health podcast
Our Center Deputy Director, Marilyn Howarth, MD, was interviewed by the Environmental Health Chat podcast on lead in Philadelphia.
Request for Information: Environmental Justice Research Gaps, Opportunities and Capacity Building
The NIH Environmental Justice Working Group invites feedback on the approaches NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices can take to support research and capacity building efforts to advance environmental justice in the U.S. and globally
Impacts of Heat on Health in Early Life
This panel brings together health experts to discuss the alarming consequences of rising temperatures on human health, with a specific focus on the vulnerability of fetuses and newborns.