News and Events

 Browse recent news and events from the GW Climate Health Institute.

 

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 event is co-...

ahrq comment

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 Climate Change...

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 Institute; Yerby Fellow...

President Biden

'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 Climate and Health Staff...

Introduction of the Office of Climate Change and Health Integrity

Climate and Health Seminar: Dr. John Balbus, Interim Director of HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity

Please join us for a Climate and Health Research and Practice seminar will on Monday, October 18 at 11:30 AM EST with Dr. John Balbus, Interim Director of the new Office of Climate Change and Health...

farmworkers

'As climate change warms workplaces, Biden directs safety agency to draft heat rules for workers'

CHI member and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, and of Epidemiology, Dr. David Michaels, was interviewed by the Washington Post.

Climate and Health Research Seminar Series

Climate and Health Seminar: Allison Crimmins, National Climate Assessment Director

The GW Climate and Health Institute and the EOH Department are co-hosting a new Climate & Health Research Seminar Series.

Science, Policy and Advocacy: GWSPH and the future of public health

Celebrating 200 Years: Science, Policy, and Advocacy: GWSPH and the Future of Public Health

Where have we been, what are we doing now, and what does the future hold?