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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · 22d

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HCAW Webinar: Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · 22d

Happening now! Join today's #HarvardClimateActionWeek webinar, "Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact," at 2pm ET. The panel features Drs. Mary Rice, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Francesca Dominici, and more. Watch Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=incE...

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · 22d

It's #HarvardClimateActionWeek! Join today's live webinar, "Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact," at 2pm ET. The panel features Drs. Mary Rice, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Francesca Dominici, and more. Learn more and register: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/hcaw/

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Aug 26

Welcome to our new students! Today we are excited to welcome many new environmental health students who will be beginning the Master of Science, Master of Public Health, and PhD in Population Health Sciences programs. #backtoschool #orientation

Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 31

"‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC." Read the Boston Globe story featuring Dr. Adamkiewicz and Dr. Rice discussing impacts to their research aimed at helping Boston communities cope with heat and pollution.
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‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC. - The Boston Globe

As part of its far-reaching assault on the university, the Trump administration rescinded the money for the project.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 30

#ClimateChange both worsens wildfires and increases negative health impacts caused by wildfire smoke. “Normally, immune cells are highly regulated, but after smoke exposure, some of those cells began to behave abnormally — to be hyperactivated," - Dr. Abhinav Kaushik, told the Harvard Gazette.

Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke — Harvard Gazette

Researchers rush to get hands around multiple serious health risks as blazes mount — and get bigger

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 24

High risk patients in Black/Latinx communities have lower cancer screening rates but a new AI tool may be able to make screening more accessible.

Dr. David Christiani explains for @fastcompany.com that these advances could help reduce cancer's impact on mortality.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 23

New research from Dr. Marc Weisskopf shows how waste from the Manhattan Project may have led to higher cancer rates in a St. Louis community. “The closer the childhood residence got to Coldwater Creek, the risk of cancer went up, and pretty dramatically," Dr. Weisskopf told @wsj.com. buff.ly/BbiY90I

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 15

New Research from Dr. Kari Nadeau and @lafirehealth.bsky.social has shown that urban wildfires increase lead exposures for first responders. An @LATimes.com reporter decided to test his blood to see what type of impact the fires posed to residents.

I covered the L.A. fires in the Palisades. So I had my blood tested for lead

The Los Angeles County wildfires unleashed all kinds of contaminants once locked away in paints, plastics and elsewhere. Among the most concerning is lead, so, like hundreds of Angelenos, a reporter…

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Nurses Health Study has pioneered women's health advancements for nearly 50 years, but this landmark study is threatened by federal funding cuts.

@CNN.com spoke with study participants who are concerned that their scientific contributions will be lost.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 27

Funding cuts pose risks to over 50 years worth of biobank data in the Nurses' Health Study, investigated by Drs. Francine Laden, Jaime Hart, Peter James, and Marc Weisskopf. The Harvard Gazette explains that this groundbreaking study needs long-term funding solutions.

Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 26

This morning on Good Morning America, Dr. Kari Nadeau discussed results from her new study in @natmed.nature.com‬ looking at how wildfire smoke affects firefighters. She found that toxins from smoke can penetrate into cellular DNA. See more on ABC News tonight at 7p.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 25

Extreme heat worsens air quality. “Air pollution is very harmful for respiratory and cardiovascular admissions and also stroke. Those together can further enhance cardiovascular and respiratory risk.” says Dr. Mary Rice for
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Harvard Chan C-CHANGE @harvardcchange.bsky.social · Jun 24

Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0

Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health

Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 18

🏫 Pollutants are prevalent in our schools. They can enter through outside air or contaminants present inside building materials. The polluted air can be particularly harmful to children. The good news is polluted air in schools is fixable, says ‪@joeallenjoe.bsky.social‬.
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Healthy Schools Need Healthy Air

New working paper looks at why better air in classrooms matters

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 16

A new study co-authored by Dr. Peggy Lai and @joeallenjoe.bsky.social‬ revealed that improvements in one's gut microbiome can protect from harms of air pollution. "Our study shows that air pollution changes the tiny microbes in our gut,” said Dr. Lai‬.

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Cleaner indoor air helps breathing, alters gut microbiome—and suggests new ways to fight pollution harms, study finds | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Improving indoor air quality can not only reduce breathing problems—it can also lead to beneficial changes in the gut microbiome, according to a new study. The finding suggests that a healthier…

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 6

🍼🩺 Dr. Kari Nadeau shared with ‪@cnn.com‬ about her research funding being cut. "800 infants who had a high risk for a chronic disease...now have had a clinical trial pulled because of the lack of NIH funding...When that happens you put patients' lives at risk."

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 5

💨Scientists from the LA Fire HEALTH Study are committed to studying the impacts after the wildfires and giving residents the data in real time. Dr. Parham Azimi, a researcher at Harvard, is on site collecting air quality data from residents' homes. More in ‪@insideclimatenews.org‬
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After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind - Inside Climate News

Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and Palisades fires on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 4

A new paper in Epidemiology shows that exposure to lingering pollution from wildfires can increase cardiovascular health risks, even months after the fires have been put out. The study was co-authored by Drs. Joel Schwartz, Edgar Castro and others at Harvard Chan.

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Cardiorespiratory effects of wildfire smoke particles can persist for months, even after a fire has ended | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exposure to lingering fine particulate matter was associated with increased hospitalization risks for most cardiorespiratory diseases, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School and the Icahn…

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · Jun 3

How big of a threat to public health are the recent federal funding cuts? Dr. Marc Weisskopf, who conducts research on ALS in veterans explains on @cnn.com how the recent grant terminations are a big set back for public health.

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 29

Congratulations to Harvard Chan School's Class of 2025, comprising 615 graduates from 33 U.S. states and 52 countries, who will officially be granted their degrees from Harvard University today at the Commencement Morning Exercises.

Watch the ceremony at hsph.me/graduation

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Andrea Baccarelli @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social · May 29

Pure joy! 🤩 That’s how we all felt yesterday as we celebrated the amazing achievements of the @hsph.harvard.edu Class of 2025.

Dean Baccarelli in academic regalia speaks at a podium during the 2025 Convocation ceremony, with a joyful crowd of graduates on a screen in the background. The podium bears the Harvard Chan School emblem.

Convocation ceremony at Harvard Chan School with students in caps and gowns seated, listening to Dean Baccarelli visible on large screens in a large arena.

Harvard Chan faculty members in traditional regalia, seated onstage during the Convocation ceremony, clapping and smiling.

Muhammad Jawad Noon, MPH ‘25, addresses his fellow graduates in the Class of 2025 during the Convocation ceremony.

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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · May 29

It's a very special day when *2* of your doctoral students get hooded! Congratulations to Dr. Shivani Parikh and Dr. Sandra Dedesko on earning PhDs from @hsph.harvard.edu. Both possess the magical combo of being brilliant and kind and were an absolute pleasure in the Healthy Buildings Program [1/2]

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · May 27

“Mitigating climate change would have huge benefits for reducing deaths and economic burdens from wildfire smoke,” stated Dr. Nick Nassikas for @thehill.com.

Dr. Nassikas' new study found that climate change causes thousands of wildfire deaths each year.

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costlier thanks to climate change: Study

Climate change is responsible for thousands of wildfire-related deaths and $11 billion in associated losses every year, a new study finds. This key contributor to wildfire behavior has led to appro…

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · May 24

Cuts in the NIOSH budget will cause a surge in silicosis, stated Dr. Gregory Wagner in a @theatlantic.com article. Cases will increase since NIOSH does not have the capacity to carry out research for implementing new prevention focused policy.

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DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease

Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

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Harvard Chan Environmental Health @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social · May 22

“Pregnant women and their fetuses are more vulnerable to climate-related changes, especially around heat and extreme heat,” stated @smahalingaiahmd.bsky.social‬ in a new TIME article about how climate change is impacting people’s ability to have healthy pregnancies: time.com/7285515/clim...

Climate Change Can Increase Health Risks During Pregnancy

A new study shows extreme heat caused by climate change is posing dangerous risks for maternal health and birth outcomes.

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