We are excited to announce the Agents of Change Fellows in Residence Program! Our reimagined fellowship is an effort to deepen our impact on decision-making and provide additional support to six senior fellows in their path towards creating more impactful research. www.ehn.org/agents-of-ch...
A global review finds most heat-health plans mention #mentalhealth but lack real interventions. As extreme #heat intensifies, researchers call for targeted support to protect vulnerable communities. #ClimateAdaptation #PublicHealth
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The bill is still a mess but this is a win. Thank you, America. They heard you. House Republicans have dropped the provision that would’ve sold off 500,000 acres of public land in Utah and Nevada.
Super Bowl Sunday is tomorrow!
Key stat - amount of economic activity from NIH awards
Chiefs (representing MO): $1.89B
Eagles (representing PA): $5.23B
Whose Senators and Reps will step up first to protect their states from drastic cuts?
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
10 years ago I saw through my first Environmental Justice lecture, wishing, hoping, and plotting on how I could contribute to the space. Here we are now. Teaching EJ in the core course for MPH students at Columbia. We’ve come along way EHS/Public Health.