Human Exposure to Metal Cadmium May Accelerate Cellular Aging
WASHINGTON, DC (December 11, 2014)—A new study led by a researcher at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University looks at...
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WASHINGTON, DC (December 9, 2014)—A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that physicians who do residency training in...
EOH Student Describes Internship on EPA Blog
Last summer, Environmental Health Science and Policy MPH student Taylor Katz completed an internship at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) headquarters in Washington, DC. She...
EOH Students and the Third National Climate Assessment
A growing body of evidence links climate change to health concerns, but raising awareness about these connections remains a challenge. A recent Gallup Poll showed that only 39% of Americans...
EOH MPH Culminating Experience Presentations on Disinfection Byproducts, Mercury, and Manganese
Three EOH MPH students presented their culminating experiences (CEs) in June. Reshma Arrington’s topic was "The Occurrence of Trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids in Chlorine Treated Water: a...
The George Washington University Receives Record-Breaking Gifts
WASHINGTON—The George Washington University (GW) today announced three gifts totaling $80 million that will address – in collaboration with other...
Women Remain Underrepresented in Medical Science, New Report Says
WASHINGTON, DC (March 3, 2014)—Two decades after a landmark law mandating the inclusion of women in biomedical research, sex-specific research is still not the norm, according to...
Study Looks at Time Trends in Exposure to Phthalates
WASHINGTON, DC (January 15, 2014)—A new study looks at American exposure to phthalates—chemicals found in consumer products including children’s toys, nail polish and other beauty...
Promoting Policies to Improve Workers’ Health and Safety
At the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Boston, Professorial Lecturer Celeste Monforton and Research Associate Liz Borkowski saw the culmination of nearly a year’s work...
Citizen Science More Than a Century Later: Ordinary People Go Online to Track Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON, DC (December 10, 2012)—In the summer of 1854 a doctor named John Snow tracked London’s deadly outbreak of cholera to contaminated water coming from a public well—the...