🚨The UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Collaborative on Extreme Event Resilience (deohs.washington.edu/CEER) is seeking an outstanding post-doctoral scholar to help launch the Public Health Extreme Events Research Community of Practice. Pls share broadly. Details & app info here: tinyurl.com/5nj3ncjw

Today Pádraigín Ní Dorchaigh & @peteyc73 consider a novel US research study by Amruta Nori-Sarma Greg Wellenius Jaimie Gradus Shengzhi ("Darren") Sun Sandro Galea et al in JAMA Psychiatry on climate change, ambient heat, and the links to increased mental health-related emergency visits. elfi.sh/3wnyP7m

Congrats Dr. Connolly!! Catherine Connolly, PhD

In collaboration with GreenRoots, Boston University School of Public Health's C-HEAT Study is helping beat the heat in Chelsea, MA. Through the “Chelsea Cool Block” program, the groups research & offer aid to the community in their response to extreme heat events ☀️🌡️. WBUR Martha Bebinger spr.ly/6015zuocz

Congrats to BUSPH Environmental Health doctoral student Quinn Adams and team for new publication showing that internet search patterns from GoogleTrends can predict #Heat-related emergency room visits. rdcu.be/cOFll Scientific Reports

"...health is a core issue for both climate risks and climate action opportunities..." says Jonathan Patz in today's Public Health Post. We are making progress on #ClimateAction and have huge opportunities to further improve #publichealth today. publichealthpost.org/research/catas…

Fantastic talk by the Deputy Administator on U.S. EPA’s ambitious agenda to further reduce air pollution, limit #climate #change, and improve #healthequity!

#DYK: Almost all of Chelsea, MA is a #heatisland? In collaboration with BUSPH Environmental Health's Madeleine Scammell, M. Patricia Fabian and GreenRoots, the C-HEAT Study collects data on air and ground temperatures & offers research-backed solutions for beating the heat. ➡️ spr.ly/6005zqt4V

Surface temperatures in New Bedford, Mass heat islands are 20 degrees hotter compared to neighboring towns. Article quotes M. Patricia Fabian and Greg Wellenius BUSPH Environmental Health newbedfordlight.org/heat-islands-c…

Solid, in depth reporting by Colin Hogan on the local impact of #ExtremeHeat on #Health. Heat islands create health risks in some New Bedford neighborhoods - The New Bedford Light newbedfordlight.org/heat-islands-c…

It is really hot, but children still need to go out and play! Shady trees provide cooling from heat, but in some communities there are few. Learn more about barriers to coping with #ExtremeHeat  in Chelsea and East Boston: c-heatproject.org/reports

Pregnant people have unique risks during extreme heat. Amelia Wesselink was interviewed by Jessica Kutz⬇️. She's also featured on Boston University School of Public Health Instagram speaking abt the connection between environmental & reproductive health, heat and pregnancy. Check it! 19thnews.org/2022/06/heat-w… via 19thnews

Great podcast on cyclones and health with Amruta Nori-Sarma, Jessica Leibler & Matthew Fox

Several individuals behind C-HEAT are students in the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded doctoral training program BU URBAN Biogeoscience & Environmental Health. We have all benefitted from a stellar Program Manager Evan Kuras He's impossible to replace, but his departure is an opportunity for others... Join us? sites.bu.edu/urban/2022/07/…

Looking for a POSTDOC fellowship? Come join me & Greg Wellenius to study effects of neighborhood heat exposure on community gun violence! 🌡️ 🌳 The work combines social, spatial + environmental epi w/ disparities focus Boston University School of Public Health #EpiTwitter FACTS-Team dropbox.com/s/ie16r018afz6…

The Department of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health is recruiting candidates for multiple new faculty positions. More details 👉 loom.ly/56PrjZE. ISEE Env Epi SNRN ISEE #epitwitter #environmentalhealth

We are holding searches for faculty in our Environmental and Global Health departments, we look forward to welcoming new community members. Application Deadline: September 15th. Boston University School of Public Health spr.ly/6010MMV1m (Environmental Health) spr.ly/6011MMV1W (Global Health)

.BUSPH Environmental Health's M. Patricia Fabian attended the White House COVID-19 Response Team White House Indoor Air Summit! This brought together indoor air quality experts, policy makers, government, industry, & school community leaders to brainstorm paths forward for clean indoor air.