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
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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
- News Release
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