HEI's Annual Conference 2025

Sunday, May 4 - Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at the Austin Marriott Downtown Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Publications

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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Health Effects Institute
2022
Special Report 23
Air Pollution
Traffic-related

This comprehensive scientific review examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). The review, the largest of its type to date, was conducted by a panel of 13 renowned experts who evaluated 353 published scientific reports on traffic pollution and related health effects between 1980 and 2019.

Investigating the Consequences of Measurement Error of Gradually More Sophisticated Long-Term Personal Exposure Models in Assessing Health Effects: The London Study (MELONS)

Klea Katsouyanni
Benjamin Barratt
Heather Walton
et al.
2025
Research Report 227
Nitrogen Oxides
Ozone & Oxidants
Particulate Matter
Exposure Methods
Statistical Methods

This report presents a study led by Klea Katsouyanni at Imperial College London. Katsouyanni and colleagues evaluated whether detailed estimates of long-term, personal exposures to outdoor air pollution yield better estimates of the health effects of exposure than less detailed approaches.

Comparison of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure from Mobile and Routine Monitoring, Low-Cost Sensors, and Dispersion Models

Gerard Hoek
2025
226
Particulate Matter

pending

Effect of Air Pollution Reductions on Mortality During the COVID-19 Lockdowns in Early 2020

Kai Chen
Yiqun Ma
Anne Marb
Federica Nobile
Robert Dubrow
Massimo Stafoggia
et al.
2025
Research Report 224
Nitrogen Oxides
Particulate Matter
Accountability

This report presents a study led by Kai Chen of the Yale School of Public Health. Chen and colleagues used the unique scenario of COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 to understand how a pause in human activity might affect day-to-day changes in air pollution and the resulting effects on health.

Air Pollution Exposure, Prefrontal Connectivity, and Emotional Behavior in Early Adolescence

Megan Herting
Elisabeth Burnor
Hedyeh Ahmadi
Sandrah P Eckel
William Gauderman
Joel Schwartz
et al.
2025
Research Report 225
Nitrogen Oxides
Particulate Matter

This report presents a study led by Megan Herting of the University of Southern California, a recipient of HEI’s 2019 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award. Herting and colleagues examined whether childhood and prenatal exposure to residential outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was associated with neurodevelopment over a 1-year period in a nationally representative cohort of children ages 9–10 in the United States.

Comparison of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure from Mobile and Routine Monitoring, Low-Cost Sensors, and Dispersion Models

Gerard Hoek
Femke Bouma
Nicole Janssen
Joost Wesseling
Sjoerd van Ratingen
Jules Kerckhoffs
et al.
2025
Research Report 226
Multipollutant Mixtures
Particulate Matter
Traffic-related

This report presents a study led by Gerard Hoek at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Hoek and colleagues compared the performance of a suite of long-term exposure assessment models in the Netherlands for four air pollutants: ultrafine particles, black carbon, fine particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide.

Annual Report 2024

Health Effects Institute
2025
Annual Report 2024
Air Pollution

In our annual report for 2024, Building on Our Mission, read about our ongoing progress and new initiatives supporting trusted and impartial science.

Impacts of Vehicle Emission Regulations and Local Congestion Policies on Birth Outcomes Associated with Traffic Air Pollution

Perry Hystad
Mary Willis
Elaine Hill
David Schrank
John Molitor
Andrew Larkin
et al.
2025
Research Report 223
Traffic-related
Accountability

This report presents a study led by Perry Hystad of Oregon State University. Hystad and colleagues examined whether reductions in traffic-related air pollution were associated with improved birth outcomes in Texas from 1996 to 2016.

Cardiometabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution, Noise, Green Space, and Socioeconomic Status: The HERMES Study

Ole Raaschou-Nielsen
Aslak H Poulsen
Matthias Ketzel
Lise M Frohn
Nina Roswall
Ulla A Hvidtfeldt
et al.
2024
Research Report 222
Air Pollution
Nitrogen Oxides
Multipollutant Mixtures
Particulate Matter
Traffic-related
Exposure Methods
Statistical Methods

This report presents a study led by Ole Raaschou-Nielsen of the Danish Cancer Institute. The research team investigated four traffic-related air pollutants (fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ultrafine particulates, and elemental carbon), noise, and green space in relation to cardiometabolic health in 2.6 million adults in Denmark.

Assessing the National Health, Education, and Air Quality Benefits of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s School Bus Rebate Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial Design

Sara D Adar
Meredith Pedde
Richard Hirth
Adam Szpiro
2024
Research Report 221
Air Pollution
Accountability

This report presents a study led by Sara Adar of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Adar and colleagues conducted a thorough accountability study of a program for replacing old diesel school buses with new, lower-emitting buses across the United States.