Dear Friends,
Please join us in celebrating Earth Day during all of April. This year's theme, "Invest in our Planet" calls us all to action-environmentalists, scientists, humanists and world citizens of all ages. Climate Change, toxic chemicals and air pollution demand that we enhance our knowledge and take action. Choose from the many virtual and in person initiatives as we continue the work to protect the health of our children and our planet.
*In solidarity & peace with Ukraine
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To access registration forms click any where on poster and then click desired Youth Coalition event(s). |
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More Earth Month Events
Click on links below
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
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Community Outreach & Translation Core Activities |
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The pandemic's current respite has allowed for in person outreach, new partnerships and initiatives. Educational sessions were conducted virtually and in person, with over 163 parents attending workshops.
We welcome three new CASB members - Leave It Better, Director, Briana Black, Fresh Youth Initiative, Director of Social Services, Alessandro Guimaraes, LMSW, and Gregorio Luperon High School, Family Coordinator, Lizzi Sofge. We also kicked off an Earth Day Youth Coalition with new and veteran CASB members.
We are very excited about the momentum and hope to continue to build strong partnerships for collective action.
Help us keep the vibe going-register for local Earth Month Activities in the links above.
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CCCEH & EHS Events, News & Research
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Centennial Special Event
COVID-19 AND PUBLIC HEALTH: TWO YEARS AND A CHANGED PROFESSION
Featuring CCCEH Officer of Research COTC Project Coordinator Anabel Cole, MS, MPH; Associate Professor of Medicine in Epidemiology, Jessica Justman, MD; Chair and Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Terry McGovern, JD; Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, Center for Infection and Immunity, Nischay Mishra, PhD; and Vice Dean, Education, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Michael A. Joseph, PhD, MPH (Moderator)
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Study Examines Disparities in Air Pollution Affecting Native American Communities, March 23, 2022
FIRST STUDY TO SHED LIGHT ON AMBIENT PARTICULATE MATTER IN TRIBAL LANDS ACROSS THE U.S.
Anew study by researchers at Columba University Mailman School of Public Health highlights disparities in fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) trends between American Indian (AI) and non-AI populated counties. PM2.5 is one of several air pollutants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the current annual standard set at 12 μg/m3. Downward trends in PM2.5 concentrations were steeper among the non-AI populated compared to AI-populated counties. Although AI-populated counties had lower PM2.5 concentrations than non-AI populated counties in 2000, by 2018, their levels were higher. With most U.S. air pollution research conducted in urban settings, the new study is the first to detail the extent of particulate air pollution levels and its potential health consequences among rural AI communities. The findings are published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Nine Ways Columbia Mailman Has Responded to the Pandemic, March 9, 2022
In March 2020, everything changed. The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic and governments took measures to flatten the curve. We hunkered down, we masked up, we carried on via Zoom. All the while, the Columbia Mailman School community has been on the front lines of the public health response to COVID-19.
Here are nine ways Columbia Mailman faculty, students, staff, and alumni have contributed over the last two years:
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New Environmental Health Science Staff
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Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, PhD will be joining the EHS family in August as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ornelas Van Horne is an exposure scientist and environmental justice scholar, with an outstanding background in evaluating mining exposures and their impacts to Indigenous communities. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Division of Environmental Health at the University of Southern California (USC), where she received a Diversity Supplement Award from the NIEHS to understand the impact of pesticide exposures on children’s respiratory health. Dr. Ornelas Van Horne also serves as Assistant Director of Agents of Change in Environmental Justice. Her research focuses on addressing unequal exposures to harmful contaminants that affect structurally marginalized communities and she is committed to building health equity through community-driven research. In her downtime she enjoys going on extended walks with her dogs, sightseeing, and salsa dancing. We are very excited to welcome Dr. Ornelas Van Horne to the team! |
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We are recruiting
Estamos Reclutando
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Pregnant women 30 weeks or less (Mujeres con 30 semanas o menos de emabrazo)
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Delivering at NYP hospital or Allen Pavilion (Dando a luz en el Hospital NYP o el Allen Pavilion)
Thank you!
¡Gracias!
Para más información
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Spread the Word on the NYC Clean Heat Program
Burning Dirty Heating Oil Poster
or email
mu3@cumc.columbia.edu
Subject line: Poster Wanted
(We will send - in body include name, mailing address & # of posters)
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Boosters and Vaccine Resources |
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For more information on children's vaccine, please find the links below. (Para más información sobre las vacunas para niños, los enlaces a continuación tambien en español.)
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Support Columbia's Center for
Children's Environmental Health
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Help us create a world in which every child has a healthy start.
The Center’s research is powering action to reduce the impacts of climate change, air pollution, and toxic chemicals on children and families.
Your support is yielding both immediate and long-term benefits to children’s health today and in the future. Your gift will protect the gains that we have achieved together.
We hope you will make a tax-free gift donation to the Center in order to continue this important work.
With Gratitude
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Julie Herbstman, PhD
Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, PhD
Director of Translational Research and Founding Director
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
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