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Study examines cardiometabolic effects of air pollutants, noise, and green space

December 18, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Cardiometabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution, Noise, Green Space, and Socioeconomic Status: The HERMES Study. Led by Ole Raaschou-Nielsen of the Danish Cancer Institute, the research team investigated four traffic-related air pollutants (fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ultrafine particulates, and elemental carbon), noise, and green space in relation to cardiometabolic health in 2.6 million adults in Denmark.

Applications for HEI's Rosenblith Award are now being accepted

October 28, 2024

HEI is dedicated to supporting creative early career investigators, at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level, with outstanding promise who are interested in the health effects of air pollution. We are pleased to inform you of a new funding opportunity RFA 24-3: Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award.

Health Effects Institute Annual Conference 2025

Please mark your calendars for HEI's next Annual Conference Sunday, May 4 - Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at the Marriot Downtown in Austin, Texas. The conference is always a great opportunity to hear about cutting edge research related to environmental exposure assessment and environmental health and for connecting with friends, peers, and colleagues. The 3-day event will include updates on HEI-funded research, scientific sessions, keynote speakers, poster presentations, and much more.

October 2024

Pallavi Pant and guest Sara Adar discussed reducing air pollution emissions in school busses.

New health studies launched on traffic-related air pollution exposure, diesel fleet turnover

October 21, 2024

HEI is pleased to announce the launch of five studies it is funding as the result of two separate research solicitations: Request for Applications 23-1, Assessing Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution (TRAP); and Request for Qualifications 24-1, Benefits Assessment of Accelerated Turnover of the On-Road Diesel Vehicle Fleet in the United States.

HEI Request for Qualifications and Proposals for QA Oversight (RFQP 2024)

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) Environment and Health and Energy programs are seeking contractors to provide quality assurance services for their funded studies.

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HEI launches three new studies on effects of emissions-reduction policies for historically marginalized communities

October 17, 2024

HEI is pleased to announce three new studies funded under RFA 23-2, Assessing Changes in Exposures and Health Outcomes in Historically Marginalized and Environmentally Overburdened Communities from Air Quality Actions, Programs, or Other Interventions. This body of research will provide answers about whether recent air quality actions taken at the state and federal levels equitably improve emissions, air quality, and health for historically marginalized communities potentially affected by the growing goods and freight movement.

New report on effects of diesel school bus replacement program

October 16, 2024

A new HEI report, Assessing the National Health, Education, and Air Quality Benefits of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s School Bus Rebate Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial Design, presents a study led by Sara Adar of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.

Request for Qualifications and Proposals for Quality Assurance Oversight

October 15, 2024

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) Environment and Health and Energy programs are seeking contractors to provide quality assurance services for their funded studies.

HEI-funded research played important role in European Union’s adoption of new air quality standards to improve public health

October 15, 2024

The European Union’s (EU) revised Ambient Air Quality Directive sets new air quality standards for EU countries to achieve by 2030 for major pollutants to align more closely with the latest World Health Organization guidelines. Findings on low-level air pollution exposure, particularly the findings from an HEI-funded study of 28 million participants in Europe, played an important role in informing the new EU air quality standards

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