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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
"Passionate Advocate" for DOHaD Retires from NIEHS
Jerry Heindel supported global activities to enhance environment-related research on the developmental origins of health and disease and will retire from NIEHS this year.
New Lancet Countdown
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international, multidisciplinary research collaboration between academic institutions and practitioners across the world.
New Climate Change and Human Health Lesson Plans
NIEHS recently developed a series of lesson plans, activities, and guidance materials for high school teachers titled A Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States.
Planetary Health April 10-11, 2017 Inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting
Global Health & Innovation Conference April 22-23, 2017 The Global Health & Innovation Conference (#GHIC) is the world's leading and largest global health conference.