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August 2023
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
Learn More About GEH at NIEHS
Previous Issues
Feature Section
Feature This Months Featured Article
Spotlight Section
Spotlight GEH Research Spotlight
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

New Research Highlights the Problem of Microplastic Pollution

New studies on plastic pollution in the world's oceans underscore the widespread issue of microplastics and tire wear particles and their effects on marine and human health.

looking at microplastics through a magnifying glass

View From the Street: Imaging Poverty and Wealth Around the World

By comparing visual images of cities through artificial intelligence modelling, researchers found that communities around the world have distinct characteristics that call for unique solutions.

Salvador city

Voices From the Field: Cognitive Assessments of Children Provided Insight into Andean Culture

Studying the effects of household air pollution on maternal and child health in Puno, Peru, provided CJ Reuland the opportunity to immerse herself in rich Indigenous cultures and traditions.

Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2023 Video Competition Winners & New Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health held their annual video competition to highlight global health issues and solutions. Also, the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity launched the Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard.

Implementation Science Is a Global Research Area at NIEHS

NIEHS is part of a NIH-wide effort to promote implementation science, a field that explores how to foster adoption and integration of public health interventions.

Grants and Funding

Grants of interest to GEH researchers.
Upcoming Events

Fogarty Center for Global Health Studies and NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative Call for Proposals

August 14 – October 16, 2023
Online

NIH Climate Change and Health Webinar - August 2023

August 16, 2023
Online

International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) 2023 Annual Meeting

August 27 – 31, 2023
Chicago, IL

11th International Conference on Urban Climate

August 28 – September 1, 2023
Sydney, Australia

NIH Climate Change and Health Webinar - September 2023

September 6, 2023
Online

3rd Global Congress on Climate Change 2023

September 13 – 14, 2023
Barcelona, Spain

35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)

September 17 – 21, 2023
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting 2023

October 18 – 22, 2023
Chicago, IL

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science Conference

October 23 – 27, 2023
Kigali, Rwanda & virtual

American Public Health Association (APHA) 2023 Annual Meeting & Expo

November 12 – 15, 2023
Atlanta, GA

2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP28)

November 30 – December 12, 2023
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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The 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.