Health Effects Institute is excited to announce a new funding opportunity: RFA 22-1, the Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award. We encourage creative, new investigators conducting research on the health effects of air pollution to apply.
The Health Effects Institute is excited to launch a new paid summer fellowship program! The program, which provides a mentor for each fellow, encourages undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in the environmental health sciences to pursue research in this area.
Nearly all the African continent faces severe health impacts caused by air pollution, with several countries experiencing some of the highest levels of air pollution in the world, according to a new HEI report, The State of Air Quality and Health Impacts in Africa.
A new report from the Health Effects Institute’s Global Health program, Trends in Air Quality and Health in the Republic of Serbia, highlights air quality and its health impacts for Serbia.
In partnership with the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) and International Society of Exposure Science (ISES), the Health Effects Institute is launching a new paid summer fellowship program to encourage undergraduate students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the environmental health sciences to pursue research in this area.
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution, especially at the higher levels occurring in cities, has been associated with adverse health effects such as childhood asthma, impaired lung function, and cardiovascular disease.
