Episodes
To commemorate the program’s 10th anniversary this year, DR2 program lead Dr. Aubrey Miller discusses program hallmarks, successes, and goals.
Published 08/09/24
In this episode, we will hear from Leticia Nogueira, the scientific director of Health Services Research at the American Cancer Society and an inaugural NIH Climate Change and Health Scholar.
Published 04/15/24
In this podcast episode, we speak with Johnnye Lewis, Ph.D., a toxicologist at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and longtime director of its NIEHS-funded Metals Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center.
Published 08/01/23
In this episode, we will hear from Robbie M. Parks, Ph.D., an NIEHS grantee and an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University. Parks has studied the short- and long-term public health impacts of hurricanes and other tropical cyclones on different communities.
Published 06/01/23
In this podcast episode, we speak with Dr. Sameed Khatana, a cardiologist at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss the effects of extreme heat waves on the human body, including the connection between excessive temperatures and heart disease.
Published 03/01/23
Aquatic ecosystems are communities of plants or animals that live near water habitats such as lakes, ponds, rivers, oceans, or swamps. These ecosystems are beneficial to the environment providing drinking water, food sources, such as fish and oysters, and areas for recreational activities. This ecosystem is under threat of climate change driving up the water temperature and creating more hospitable homes for microbes like Vibrio bacteria.
Published 01/26/23
Aquatic ecosystems are communities of plants or animals that live near water habitats such as lakes, ponds, rivers, oceans, or swamps. These ecosystems are beneficial to the environment providing drinking water, food sources, such as fish and oysters, and areas for recreational activities. This ecosystem is under threat of climate change driving up the water temperature and creating more hospitable homes for microbes like Vibrio bacteria.
Published 01/01/23
In this podcast episode, we speak with infectious disease ecologist Erin Mordecai, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Stanford University and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment. We discuss rainforests, the benefits they provide to the planet, and the ways deforestation of these rainforests may be increasing risks of vector-borne diseases in global communities.
Published 10/27/22
Rainforests are highly beneficial to the environment providing cleaner air and the storage of carbon, but rainforests are under extreme threat from climate change, deforestation, and land-use changes from agricultural practices.
Published 10/01/22
In this podcast episode, we speak with plant physiologist Lewis Ziska, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental health sciences at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. We discuss how climate change affects food systems and human health, including an increased risk of exposure to foodborne illnesses and a decrease of the overall nutrition.
Published 05/30/22
In this podcast episode, we speak with plant physiologist Lewis Ziska, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental health sciences at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. We discuss how climate change affects food systems and human health, including an increased risk of exposure to foodborne illnesses and a decrease of the overall nutrition.
Published 05/01/22
In this three-part series, we�ll hear from experts in the United States and Canada about the mental health effects of climate change, populations affected, and some response strategies.
Published 10/22/21
Learn about the mental health effects of climate change, who are the populations affected, and some response strategies. It discusses death and mentions suicide.
Published 10/01/21
In this three-part podcast we will hear from experts in Canada, the United States, and Australia about the health effects of wildfires and emergency management, indigenous fire practices to mitigate wildfire intensity, and the compounding effect climate change has on the future of wildfires.
Published 03/05/21
Learn about the health effects of wildfires, emergency management, indigenous fire practices to mitigate wildfire, and the effect climate change has on the wildfires.
Published 03/01/21
In this podcast, we will hear from two CBPR practitioners who participated in the workshop in Delhi, India. First, we will hear from Edith Parker, a well-known practitioner of CBPR at the University of Iowa School of Public Health. She’ll explain how CBPR benefited her work in rural communities, and how she connected with Rajesh Tandon, founder of Participatory Research in Asia, or PRIA. Then, we’ll hear from Tandon himself, as he discusses how India utilizes CBPR today, and how he hopes it...
Published 10/18/19
Edith Parker discusses how CBPR benefited her work in rural communities, then, Tandon discusses how India utilizes CBPR today, and how it might create a better future.
Published 10/01/19
Learn how innovative partnerships and community engagement approaches are helping to build capacity in India in addressing environmental and health concerns.
Published 02/15/18
In this two-part podcast series, we take a look at how innovative partnerships and community engagement approaches are helping to build capacity and empower communities in India to take active roles in addressing their environmental and health concerns. We will also hear about how NIEHS as formed partnerships in India, with the goal of addressing these challenges and improving public health.
Published 12/21/17
Learn how innovative partnerships and community engagement approaches are helping to build capacity in India in addressing environmental and health concerns.
Published 12/21/17
In this two-part podcast series, we take a look at how innovative partnerships and community engagement approaches are helping to build capacity and empower communities in India to take active roles in addressing their environmental and health concerns. We will also hear about how NIEHS as formed partnerships in India, with the goal of addressing these challenges and improving public health.
Published 02/15/17
Environmental factors such as exposure to chemicals, diet, lifestyle, and stress, during early development or other important windows of susceptibility can lead to negative health effects throughout life and even be passed on to future generations. Research in this area is helping to explain the global increase in non-communicable diseases, and also identify opportunities for interventions to improve public health.
Published 12/23/16
Research in environmental factors is helping to explain the global increase in non-communicable diseases, and also identify opportunities to improve public health.
Published 12/23/16
Learn how scientists and communities are using innovative data visualization tools to look at climate change in the Near West neighborhood of Indianapolis and flooding in St. Louis.
Published 04/25/16