From News@Northeastern: “Puerto Rico is home to more than 200 hazardous waste sites and particularly high levels of air pollution. Its preterm birth rate is…
View More Scholars’ ‘Flash Talks’ Explore Resilience, from Health to Media InnovationAuthor: s.knutson
Opinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differently
From The Mercury News by SSEHRI affiliate faculty member Alissa Cordner: “There has been widespread public attention to wildfires this summer and fall, and the fast-moving,…
View More Opinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differentlyThat rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecy
From the Toronto Star and the National Observer series The Price of Oil: “The view from the front porch, once a landscape of rolling hills,…
View More That rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecy20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health
SSEHRI is pleased to announce that core faculty member Dr. Sara Wylie has been selected as a finalist for the Collaborative on Health and the…
View More 20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public HealthExtreme heat – an “unseen threat” – burns U.S. urban poor
From Thomson Reuters Foundation News: “Sharon Harlan, a professor of health sciences and sociology at Northeastern University in Boston, says she and colleagues have discovered…
View More Extreme heat – an “unseen threat” – burns U.S. urban poorSSEHRI Releases Its Fifth Annual Report
It’s been a busy year and we’re excited to share everything we’ve been working on. Please read our 5th Annual Report for updates on our…
View More SSEHRI Releases Its Fifth Annual ReportSSEHRI Welcomes New Members
We’re excited to expand our reach this year and welcome several new students and affiliated faculty members. Our new students are Taylor Braswell, a first…
View More SSEHRI Welcomes New MembersPhil Brown, Ph.D. – Understanding Community Awareness and Actions on Environmental Health Issues
From the NIEHS Partnerships in Environmental Public Health: “‘The institute has helped shift the nature of environmental health research at Northeastern,’ Brown said. ‘It has really…
View More Phil Brown, Ph.D. – Understanding Community Awareness and Actions on Environmental Health IssuesSSEHRI Postdocs Travel to Chile to Meet with Collaborators on the Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA) Study
As evidence suggests the seeds of breast cancer may be sown early in life, the Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA) study hopes to…
View More SSEHRI Postdocs Travel to Chile to Meet with Collaborators on the Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA) StudyMillions of Americans Poisoned by this Chemical: Where is the EPA?
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