All Posts: environmental health

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New Study Finds Climate Change Could Spark the Next Pandemic

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) — As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats — likely to regions with…

April 28, 2022

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School of Medicine Adds Environmental Health and Medicine Track

(April 22, 2022) — Health care providers will increasingly encounter patients who have been affected by environmental factors as the effects of climate change grow, including…

April 22, 2022

GUMC Stories

Children’s Health and Environment Center Receives Renewed Funding

February 6, 2020

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Exposure to Environmental PCBs Impairs Brain Function in Mice

CHICAGO (October 22, 2019) — Human-made toxic chemicals that linger indefinitely in the environment disrupt the performance of critical helper cells in the mouse brain, leading…

October 22, 2019

GUMC Stories

Research In A Minute: Laura Anderko, PhD, RN

(April 26, 2019) — Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, holds the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health…

April 26, 2019

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Georgetown Scholar Available to Discuss WHO Report on Health and Environmental Impacts

WASHINGTON — Anticipating the World Health Organization’s report on health and environmental impacts (expected March 15), Georgetown professor Laura Anderko, PhD,,…

March 11, 2016