'Climate Change Is Fueling a Public Health Crisis. Doctors Need to Address This'
CHI Co-Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Neelu Tummala, wrote an opinion piece for Scientific American.
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The GW Climate and Health Institute will hold a symposium event on October 13, 2022 from 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST.
CHI members Sign Comments Submitted to the National Park Service (NPS)
CHI members sign comments submitted to the NPS in support of implementing a permanent closure of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park to vehicle traffic.
'As temperatures rise, industries fight heat safeguards for workers'
CHI member and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, and of Epidemiology, Dr. David Michaels, is quoted in Washington Post article on heat and worker safety.
'Enhanced Integration of Health, Climate, and Air Quality Management Planning at the Urban Scale'
CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, co-authored a paper published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.
'Health and Clinical Impacts of Air Pollution and Linkages with Climate Change'
CHI members Dr. Anjeni Keswani and Dr. Hana Akselrod, and CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, published a paper in NEJM Evidence.
'Workers face blistering temperatures again, with little federal protection'
CHI member and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, and of Epidemiology, Dr. David Michaels, was featured on a Marketplace podcast.
CHI members Dr. Gaige Kerr and Dr. Dan Goldberg, along with CHI Director Dr. Susan Anenberg, publish several papers on COVID-19 activity and nitrogen dioxide.
GW Climate and Health Institute joins NAM Climate Collaborative
The CHI is among the over 110 organizations to have joined the NAM Climate Collaborative network to collectively activate all parts of the health sector for sustainable climate change action.
CHI member and Redstone Director Bill Dietz testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Transportation & the Environment in support of the Walk Without Worry Amendment Act of 2021.