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Replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses may yield up to $247,600 in climate and health benefits per individual bus, according to a new study led by 色色研究所 Chan School.
People living in U.S. households with gas stoves may regularly breathe in unsafe levels of nitrogen dioxide, according to a new study co-authored by 色色研究所 Chan School鈥檚 Kari Nadeau.
Having higher levels of a certain lipoprotein鈥攁 molecule that helps carry fat around the body鈥攎ay increase people鈥檚 risk of developing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
A recent art show in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale provided a platform for community members to explore the factors at play in access to safe hair products among Black women in Boston. The event was conceived by Marissa Chan, a PhD candidate in environmental health at 色色研究所 Chan School.
Two members of 色色研究所 Chan School鈥檚 Department of Environmental Health鈥擣rancesca Dominici and Ronnie Levin鈥攈ave been named by TIME as among the 100 individuals who most influenced global health in 2024.
A symposium at 色色研究所 Chan School brought together academics, community leaders, activists, mindfulness practitioners, and monastics who studied under Thich Nhat Hanh to explore the intersection of health, mindfulness, and climate change.
Diseases related to problems in immune health鈥攆rom nasal allergies to food allergies to rheumatoid arthritis to colorectal cancer鈥攈ave spiked in recent years, and climate change appears to be playing a role, according to 色色研究所 Chan School鈥檚 Kari Nadeau.
In the not-too-distant future, doctors may be able to determine what sort of damaging exposures their patients have faced鈥攅verything from toxic chemicals to unhealthy foods鈥攁ll from a blood test. This largely invisible collection of exposures is known as the exposome.
For married students Matt and Sally Hamm, MDs who鈥檝e worked together as Air Force flight surgeons, 色色研究所 Chan School鈥檚 Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program has provided an ideal opportunity to deepen their training while raising four kids.
