What's Next Health: Jessica Green
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The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries who see issues a little differently. Jessica Green of BioBE talks about Microbiomes and the Built Environment.
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What’s Next Health: Microbiomes Where we Live, Work, Learn and Play
September 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Recently, we talked with Jessica Green, founding director of the BioBE Center, to explore how a better understanding of the microbiome in our built environment might lead to healthier buildings and healthier lives.
RWJF Fellow Named White House "Champion of Change"
July 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Laura Anderko, an alumna of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program (2005-2008), received a prestigious honor from the White House for her work to protect health in a changing climate.
Health Care Without Harm's Research Collaborative
March 25, 2013 | Program Results Report
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
Can Genetics Strengthen the Field of Environmental Science?
April 2, 2013 | Story
A grantee’s new book looks at the possible effects of the new focus on gene-environment interaction in population health.
Health Care Without Harm
January 29, 2013 | Grantee
Evaluating the impact of green initiatives on patient and worker health.
Scholars' Research Offers Insight into Future Debate over Climate Change
August 14, 2012 | Story
Study tests possible 'frames' for making the case for action on greenhouse gas emissions.
A Public Health Frame Arouses Hopeful Emotions about Climate Change
June 28, 2012 | Journal Article
This paper examines how emotional reactions about climate change differ depending on whether audiences perceive the issue as an environmental problem, a public health problem, or as a matter of national security.
Earth Day: Describe Our Planet in Six Words
April 20, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting people to write six-word “micro essays” about Earth in observance of Earth Day this Sunday. Many of the micro-essays will be featured on the EPA home page and on the EPA’s social media channel. EPA Adm ...
Environmental Justice: Recommended Reading
April 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Department of the Interior has released the "Environmental Justice Strategic Plan 2012-2017." The plan sets forth goals, strategies and measures to help the Interior Department work more effectively with disadvantaged communities to reduce envir ...