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December 2021
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
Learn More About GEH at NIEHS
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Multimedia Section
Multimedia GEH Podcasts and Webinars
GEH at NIEHS Section
GEH at NIEHS Updates from the GEH program

Climate Change and Health Is Highlighted at Global and National Meetings

NIEHS and other federal staff participated in major climate and health-related meetings, including the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s annual meeting and a special session of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council.

hand holding earth between two environmental scenarios

Smoke From Wildfires in Alaska May Increase Health Risks for Vulnerable Populations
Study identifies populations in Alaska most at risk of PM2.5 exposure from wildfire smoke.

smoke rising from a forest

Global Health Is Local Health: Assessing the Role of Wildfire Smoke in Driving Adverse Health Outcomes in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region
Lara Schwarz describes her research to understand impacts of increasingly prevalent and intense wildfires on COVID-19 and other health conditions.

New Podcast: Climate Change and Mental Health
This new GEH Podcast features experts in the United States and Canada discussing the mental health effects of climate change, populations affected, and some response strategies.

NIEHS Supported the WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network Framework for Systematic Review
The framework was developed to inform chemical risk assessors of the basic principles of systematic review.

Grants and Funding
Grants of interest to GEH researchers.

Upcoming Events

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
December 13 - 17, 2021
New Orleans, LA and online

NIH Climate Change and Health Webinar Series: Notes From the Field: Pivoting a Research Program to Climate Change
December 17, 2021
Online

American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
January 23 - 27, 2022
Houston, TX and online

61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
March 27 - 31, 2022
San Diego, CA

Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference 2022
March 28 - April 1, 2022
Online

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NIEHS identifies Global Environmental Health (GEH) as a part of its strategic themes, recognizing that because environmental health problems cross national boundaries, conducting studies around the world benefits not just those in areas being studied, but all people who suffer from the same or related environmental health problems.