Research Insights: HEI's Summer Fellowship

As environmental health scientists, we here at HEI have dedicated our careers to understanding the role that the environment plays in all of us living healthy lives. However, the field has not always provided equitable opportunities for all to have equal access to a career in environmental health sciences. 

Applications for HEI's Rosenblith Award are now being accepted

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 23-3: Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award.

New study finds air pollution can increase COVID risk

Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution appears to be linked with adverse COVID-19 health effects, according to a newly published HEI study led by Dr. Zorana Andersen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

HEI announces 2023 Walter A. Rosenblith awardees

HEI is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Walter A. Rosenblith Award: Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne of Columbia University and Dr. Rachel Nethery of Harvard University. 

Explore our new interactive StoryMap

SoGA's StoryMap Air Pollution and Health: The Global Impacts of Fossil Fuels spotlights the interlinkages between air quality, energy and climate action, emphasizing that integrated control strategies can help reduce population exposures, promote better public health, and mitigate climate change.

Register for HEI's third webinar on East African air quality

Join us for HEI's East Africa Webinar 3 Expanding public engagement and communication on air pollution and health on November 29 at 7:00 AM (EST) / 3:00 PM (EAT). 

The goal of this webinar is to examine approaches to enhance uptake of information related to air pollution and health from a variety of perspectives. Speakers will discuss ideas for mobilizing support for interventions on air pollution and showcase best practices for communicating information on air pollution and health with various audiences.

New resource: “Traffic Pollution and Your Health”

Breathing traffic-related pollution poses a severe health risk for people around the world, particularly those who live and work in cities.

HEI Energy releases two requests for qualifications (RFQs)

The Health Effects Institute Energy (HEI Energy) is pleased to inform you of the release of two new funding opportunities for qualified research teams.

New report on global air quality funding

The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2023 report, produced by Clean Air Fund in partnership with Climate Policy Initiative, was released today. The report provides a global snapshot of outdoor air quality funding between 2015 and 2021 and highlights opportunities for international development funders to do more.

Apply to be a mentor in HEI's summer fellowship program

HEI is excited to announce that mentor applications are now being accepted for our Summer 2024 Fellowship Program, designed to support undergraduate students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the environmental health sciences to pursue research in this area.