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Underlying the disparate interactions of obesity, food insecurity, race/ethnicity and COVID-19 infections are social drivers of health

'The COVID-19, Obesity, and Food Insecurity Syndemic'

CHI members Sydney Pryor and Dr. Bill Dietz published a paper in Current Obesity Reports.

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Don’t Look Up’: A Political Allegory

CHI Co-Director and Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dr. Sabrina McCormick, writes a Letter to the Editor.

Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster; Lise van Susteren, Co-founder Climate Psychiatry Alliance; Arthur C. Evans, Jr, CEO and Executive Vice President, American Psychological Association; Lynn Goldman, Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Meighen Seiser, Executive Director, EcoAmerica

Climate Change and Mental Health: Research to Action

Please join us for a webinar discussing climate change and mental health on Friday, February 18th at 12:00 PM EST with Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of...

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'Quantifying the Health Benefits of Urban Climate Mitigation Actions'

CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, and CHI student members Lauren Johnson, Nick Pendleton, and Maha Malik, co-authored a paper published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.

Governor Youngkin speaks at podium

'Governor should reconsider policy decisions that will hurt the environment'

CHI Co-Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Neelu Tummala, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Virginia Mercury.

Climate Change and Health – Challenges and Opportunities. Madeline Thomson, PhD, Head of Climate Impacts Wellcome Trust

Climate and Health Seminar: Dr. Madeleine Thomson, Head of Climate Impacts, Wellcome Trust

Please join us for a Climate and Health Research and Practice seminar on Monday, January 24 at 12:00 PM EST with Dr. Madeleine Thomson, Head of Climate Impacts at Wellcome Trust. The...

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CHI comments to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 

On December 13th, the GW Climate and Health Institute submitted comments in response to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Request for Information on their role in...

Introduction of the 2021 Lancet Countdown. Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS

Climate and Health Seminar: Dr. Renee N. Salas, Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Global Health Institute; Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Please join us for a Climate and Health Research and Practice seminar on Monday, December 13 at 11:30 AM EST with Dr. Renee N. Salas, Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Global Health...

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'Flipping the climate debate from costs to benefits'

CHI Director and Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dr. Susan Anenberg, wrote an op-ed for Environmental Health News.

Our Climate Emergency: A Costly Public Health Burden. Vijay Limaye, PhD, Climate and Health Scientist, Science Office, Natural Resources Defense Council

Climate and Health Seminar: Dr. Vijay Limaye, NRDC Climate and Health Scientist 

Please join us for a Climate and Health Research and Practice seminar will on Monday, November 15 at 11:30 AM EST with Dr. Vijay Limaye, Natural Resources Defense Council's...