Human Health

Programs

Faculty

Carmen Messerlian

Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology

Francine Laden

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology

Jennifer Leaning

Senior Research Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Browse all Faculty

News and Events

Smoke from Canadian wildfires turned the New York City sky dark yellow in June.

The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air

September 20, 2023

In the United States, smoke from wildfires is undoing progress from the Clean Air Act. In poorer countries, the situation is even worse.... Read more about The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air

Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears

April 30, 2023

HUCE Faculty Associate Aaron Bernstein discusses the personalized attention that should be paid to older people during heat waves and other extreme weather events... Read more about Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears

Benita Kayembe Takes Hard Look at Hidden Human Cost of Electric Cars

April 25, 2023

HSPH graduate’s research focuses on deadly risks, exploitation faced by workers who mine key component of lithium-ion batteries in Republic of the Congo... Read more about Benita Kayembe Takes Hard Look at Hidden Human Cost of Electric Cars

Browse all News

2024 Apr 24

Climate and Health Research Network

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location:

Virtual

Our community of scholars works to coordinate, support, and amplify climate and health research.... Read more about Climate and Health Research Network

2024 Apr 24

Environment, Women, and Children: Experiences From the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

1:00pm to 1:50pm

Location:

Zoom & FXB G-12, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston

Join WGH and speakers Dr. Aya Goto and Dr. Michio Murakami for a lunchtime talk and Q&A on their work surrounding the environmental and human health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.... Read more about Environment, Women, and Children: Experiences From the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

2024 May 29

Climate and Health Research Network

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location:

Virtual

Our community of scholars works to coordinate, support, and amplify climate and health research.... Read more about Climate and Health Research Network

See all Events

Courses

Browse all Courses

Event Videos

Surviving the Century with Martin Rees

October 1, 2018 | "The Trump Administration's Rollback of U.S. Climate Policy" with Martin Rees, Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of Cosmology & Astrophysics, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Trinity College. With discussants Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, HKS, and Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, SEAS; Director, HUCE.... Read more about Surviving the Century with Martin Rees

The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet

March 12, 2019 | "The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet" with New York Times bestselling author Paul Greenberg.... Read more about The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet

Climate Week: "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities" with Joel Schwartz and Sam Myers

Thursday, April 9 – "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities"
Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Sam Myers, Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Environmental Health

Browse all event videos

Human Health

Programs

Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment

Harvard Education and Research Center

Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE)

Harvard Office for Sustainability

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Center for Risk Analysis

Harvard Global Health Institute

Planetary Health Alliance

Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health

Faculty

Carmen Messerlian

Francine Laden

Jennifer Leaning

News and Events

The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air

Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears

Benita Kayembe Takes Hard Look at Hidden Human Cost of Electric Cars

Climate and Health Research Network

Location:

Environment, Women, and Children: Experiences From the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Location:

Climate and Health Research Network

Location:

Courses

Event Videos

Surviving the Century with Martin Rees

The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet

Climate Week: "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities" with Joel Schwartz and Sam Myers

Harvard University
Center for the Environment

330a07913210e1f825ff8336e4eba020

ce0f651fd1b418200a51134b6ee65c4f

Programs

Faculty

News and Events

Location:

Location:

Location:

Courses

Event Videos

Harvard UniversityCenter for the Environment

Harvard University
Center for the Environment