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Applications for HEI's Rosenblith Award are now being accepted

November 6, 2025

HEI is dedicated to supporting creative early career investigators, at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level, with outstanding promise who are interested in the health effects of air pollution. We are pleased to inform you of a new funding opportunity RFA 24-3: Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award.

From actions to results: HEI’s accountability studies

October 31, 2025

Understanding whether actions designed to improve the environment and also benefit public health is key to shaping future progress and decisions. These actions often include regulations, policies, interventions, technological advancements, and other planned or unplanned events. As new actions to enhance environmental quality emerge, research that helps understand the potential effects on health will be essential. For 23 years, HEI has led efforts to examine whether actions designed to improve air quality deliver public health benefits through its accountability research.

Now accepting abstracts for two annual conference opportunities

October 28, 2025

Apply for the 2026 Jane Warren Award to Present Research at HEI’s Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois April 26-28, 2026

Note that we are now accepting abstract submissions for poster presentations at our Annual Conference April 26-28, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. The conference is open to all, no prior work with HEI is required to attend and be a part of the HEI community.

HEI publishes new report on assessing long-term air pollution exposures and severe COVID-19 outcomes in New York City

October 9, 2025

HEI has published a new Research Report, REACH-OUT: Race, Ethnicity, and Air Pollution in COVID-19 Hospitalization OUTcomes, led by Dr. Jeanette Stingone of Columbia University. The study evaluated whether associations between long-term air pollution exposures and severe COVID-19 health outcomes varied by neighborhood-level environmental vulnerability, as defined by social and structural characteristics such as income and housing, in a cohort of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in New York City.

New report on examining mobility in air pollution exposure estimates

October 7, 2025

HEI has published a new Research Report, Accounting for Mobility in Air Pollution Exposure Estimates in Studies on Long-Term Health Effects. This study led by Kees de Hoogh at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, evaluated whether long-term exposure estimates that account for people’s mobility would improve exposure assessment, using novel agent-based modeling.