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!
Dr. Stephanie Mayne from CHOP will present results from a PRCCEH-funded pilot study examining the association of extreme temperatures with missed pediatric preventive visits.
The 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention will convene health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and policy experts to tackle one of the most urgent issues of our time: the growing impact of climate change on health.
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.
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.
Five webinars on children’s environmental health for nurses
This webinar will ground the issue of urban wildfires in LA within the broader fight for environmental justice, public health, and resilience.
Deeply Rooted has planted over 1,000 trees, greened over 1,000 vacant lots, and funded 79 community grants.
Healthy Schools is a program of WHE and was created to act as a resource-rich information hub for
the school community, including parents, teachers, staff and administrators.
Recordings from the scientific and translational research sessions led by post-docs, early-stage investigators and faculty from the University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University and Thomas Jefferson University.
Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.
Join us for an interactive webinar about why and how to address the emotional impacts of collective challenges like climate change, and how to heal through collective action.
Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar has spearheaded the development of the new field of environmental cardiology, which examines how environmental exposures affect cardiovascular health and disease risk.
This event will surface actionable steps to leverage data to shape effective heat policies that reduce heat-related adverse health outcomes.
Join the Center for American Progress for a discussion on how to protect the United States’ youngest learners from extreme heat in the face of efforts to roll back climate progress.
These free trainings are designed to help advocates across all sectors—public health, early childhood, education, environmental justice, caregiving, and youth—build power, tell our stories, and take meaningful action together.
Seminar by the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology. Speaker: Jaime Madrigano, ScD, MPH, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Now in its sixth year, Climate Week at Penn offers opportunities for every member of the Penn community to learn about and act on the climate crisis. The theme for 2025 is “Hot Spots,” be they literal (wildfires and extreme heat) or figurative (political, cultural, interpersonal, or scholarly hot topics).
This webinar will explore the intersection of wildfire smoke exposure and childhood asthma. Expert speakers, drawn from EPA’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management winners and wildfire smoke grant program recipients, will share best practices, community-engagement strategies, and innovative approaches.
The ECHO Translating Science to Action Symposium brings together researchers, policymakers, health professionals, and advocates to translate child health research into impactful solutions.
Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day takes place on the second Thursday of October each year. It’s based on the idea that, together, we can create a healthier, safer, more equitable world for all children—where fewer children suffer from preventable health issues.
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE) hosts webinars and other events on topics related to children’s and reproductive health throughout the year.
A conversation on the optimal maximum indoor temperature, why this research is so challenging and where research and policy must go from here.
Three experts from the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health talk about their work on extreme weather and its impacts on children’s health.
