The NASEM report’s recommendations that include public health surveillance, as well as the critical need to educate health providers on environmental exposures and associated health effects will be discussed. Dr. Laura Anderko is an environmental health nurse consultant and co-director of the Federal Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) of Mid-Atlantic Center for […]
Dr. Brenda Eskenazi will present the results of a long-term study examining possible links between glyphosate exposure and liver disease and metabolic disorders.
Seminar featuring Suzanne E. Fenton, MS, PhD, Reproductive Endocrinology Lead from the Division of the National Toxicology Program at NIEHS/NIH
Dr. Alain Boldini’s pilot awardee presentation on the Effects of Deforestation on Children’s Health in Brazil.
Center member, Harriet Okatch, PhD, is leading a lunchtime lecture speaker series by the Thomas Jefferson University Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities.
Dr. Kinnari Chandriani will present Public Health Practice and the Social Determinants of Health and will be available after the talk for a brief discussion.
The theme of this year's symposium is Promoting Child Health: From Environmental Challenges to Pandemic. The event is hybrid with an in-person option in DC.
The Learn More Breathe Better® program will look at asthma through a health equity lens and highlight the many resources available to promote National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month throughout May.
World Asthma Day (WAD) (May 2, 2023) is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma, (GINA). WAD is held each May to raise awareness of Asthma worldwide.
Join as we celebrate EPA's Air Quality Awareness Week. This webinar is hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (Region 3 PEHSU).
This webinar will build awareness of and capacity for lead screening among pediatricians and pediatric and non‐physician clinicians, including pediatric lead exposure as a present‐day public health concern, the importance of screening and testing, and community level approaches to decreasing pediatric lead exposure.
During this webinar, Dr. Abby D. Mutic will provide an overview of the impacts of climate change on maternal and child health populations and discuss her work in this space.
This hybrid course will consist of four modules, three lectures, and one Q&A session, and last approximately four hours.
Collect soil from your yard or garden and bring it in for FREE testing by UPenn researchers. Results will be provided within minutes.