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.
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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.
Ultrafine Particles in the Air: The Harold Amos Scholar Behind the Discovery of this Cardiovascular Health Risk
September 30, 2008 | Story
To support his dream of a career in both clinical medicine and academic research, Araujo then turned to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, which accepted him as a 2004–2008 scholar.
Health Care Without Harm
February 28, 2009 | Video/Story
An international coalition is helping the health care sector become ecologically sustainable and reduce harm to public health and the environment.
Investigator Reveals Keys to Creating Healthy Cities
November 22, 2009 | Story
New book maps out solutions to the longstanding public health problems plaguing urban centers.
Community Health Leader Alum Honored for Protecting Kids from Lead Poisoning
November 17, 2009 | Story
Ruth Ann Norton Helps Protect Thousands of Maryland Children
THEME 5: The Benefits of Coalitions
October 1, 2008 | Story
The breadth and diversity of the local Allies Against Asthma coalitions enabled them to mount a broad-based attack on childhood asthma."They didn't just focus on physicians or families or policy change.
Controversial Pesticide Causes Early Childhood Development Delays, Study Finds
May 19, 2010 | Story
RWJF Health & Society Scholars alumna Gina Lovasi finds that prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos leads to mental and physical health deficits in young children.
Health Impact Project Announces First HIA Demonstration Grant
February 28, 2010 | Story
Study will analyze health impact of California's proposed "cap-and-trade" regulation.
Getting Rid of the Poisonous Effects of Lead in Children's Homes
March 9, 2009 | Story
Thousands of Baltimore children were exposed to - and poisoned by - lead in their own homes, but cleaning up conditions meant taking on landlords with lots of political clout.