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April 2022
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
Learn More About GEH at NIEHS
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Training Section
Training Training and Capacity Building
Multimedia Section
Multimedia GEH Podcasts and Webinars
GEH at NIEHS Section
GEH at NIEHS Updates from the GEH program

Renewed NIEHS Program Focuses on Climate Change, Oceans, and Human Health
The NIEHS Oceans and Human Health program researches ocean pollution and its impact on human health.

ocean waves

Using Intervention Research to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities
Intervention research and community-based participatory research can help reduce health disparities in Indigenous communities, according to a recent article funded by NIEHS and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

History Maker, Be Under Your Own Influence cover

Voices From the Field: Linking the Local Soil and Gut Microbiomes to Children’s Health in Western Kenya
Mariah Coley, Ph.D. candidate and Fogarty International Scholar, brings her connection to rural life to her international research experiences on soil microbiomes and childhood diarrheal diseases.

The Promise of Planetary Health
Watch an engaging video presented by the Planetary Health Alliance describing the importance of planetary health, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet.

NIEHS Redesignated as WHO Collaborating Centre
NIEHS announces redesignation as a WHO Collaborating Centre through 2025.

Grants and Funding
Grants of interest to GEH researchers.

Upcoming Events

Global Health & Innovation Conference (GHIC)
April 21 – 22, 2022
Online

National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) National Meeting
April 26 – 28, 2022
Online

Climate Informatics 2022
May 9 – 13, 2022
Asheville, North Carolina

NIH Climate Change and Health Webinar Series: A Precision Health Approach for Actionable Climate Change and Health Research
May 13, 2022
Online

National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference
August 29 – September 1, 2022
St. Paul, Minnesota and 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.