HEI Energy Releases Its First Set of Research Reports

The inaugural set of studies focused on potential exposures to air emissions, water quality changes, and noise from oil and gas operations in the US.
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Meetings

Thank you to all who joined us in Austin, Texas for the 2025 HEI Annual Conference! We had a wonderful time connecting with colleagues from all over and look forward to future collaborations, including at our next conference to be held April 26-29, 2026.

Health Effects Institute Annual Conference 2026

The deadline has now passed for abstract submissions for the HEI Annual Conference 2026.

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Use of Low-Cost Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring in South Asia: Virtual Training Series

Background  

Countries in South Asia experience high levels of air pollution. Several efforts are underway to expand air quality monitoring and strengthen local capacity to generate data and evidence.  

In the past, HEI has run several in-person and virtual trainings for early-career researchers in South Asia on air pollution and health. This year, we plan to host a five-part webinar series on use of low-cost sensor for air quality monitoring between January and February 2026, covering the following topics: 

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Past Meetings

Workshop on Air Pollution and Health in East Africa: Current Evidence and Priorities for Future Action

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Early-Career Training on Air Pollution and Health

The Health Effects Institute (HEI), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and the Collaborative for Air Pollution and Health Effects Research—India (CAPHER-India) are organizing a training programme on methods and approaches for air pollution and health research at ICIMOD between August 12-14, 2024. 

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Webinar Series on Air Pollution and Health in East Africa

September 2023 to January 2024

Background 

Countries in East Africa experience high levels of air pollution as well as significant health impacts from both outdoor and household air pollution. There is a strong demand for data and evidence on air pollution levels and impacts on health and well-being; several efforts are underway to expand air quality monitoring and bolster local capacity to generate data and evidence.

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Brussels Meeting on Air Pollution and Health: Taking stock of the proposed revision to the Ambient Air Quality Directive.

This meeting aimed to discuss the recently proposed revisions to the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD), its strengths and weaknesses, identified remaining challenges and explored additional policy options.

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Workshop on air pollution and health in East Africa

The workshop reviewed the status of current data and evidence on air quality and health effects of air pollution in the region and connections to current policy debate and actions. 

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Webinar: Leveraging Air Pollution Research Advancements for Environmental Health Policy Decisions

HEI co-hosted a webinar “Leveraging Air Pollution Research Advancements for Environmental Health Policy Decisions” in collaboration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as part of the White House Year of Evidence for Action. The webinar was held on December 7, 2022 and showcased how researchers can ensure their work is relevant and useful for policy decisions around air pollution exposure and health inequities. In addition to slide presentations, a summary document is available for downloading. 

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Webinar: Health Risks from Low-level Air Pollution Exposure in Canada

In this webinar, HEI will shared the results from its recently published report, Mortality–Air Pollution Associations in Low-Exposure Environments (MAPLE): Phase 2, by Dr. Michael Brauer from The University of British Columbia and his colleagues.

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HEI Traffic Review Webinar: Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution

In this webinar, HEI presented the findings of its 2022 critical review on the health effects of traffic-related air pollution, which is the largest systematic effort to date to evaluate the epidemiological evidence regarding the associations between long-term exposure to TRAP and selected adverse health outcomes. A video recording and slides from the webinar are available.

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Health Effects Institute Annual Conference 2022

The HEI Annual Conference 2022 was held June 26-28 at the Westin Washington, DC City Center Hotel.

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(Hybrid) Workshop on Air Quality and Health in Bulgaria

This workshop aimed to together a broad range of regional stakeholders (incl. researchers, healthcare practitioners, professional societies, national and regional non-profit groups, bi- and multi-lateral organizations, federal and local government agencies, ministries, and research institutes) across Bulgaria and Europe are interested in building and using evidence on the health effects of air pollution.

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