Deputy Director NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL https://ccme.famu.edu/ viniece.jennings@famu.edu Viniece Jennings is the Deputy Director at the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems. The center is led by FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) and includes 5 partner institutions. Her role is to provide executive leadership for the center in administering operations, education, research, and professional development for students. Prior to taking…
Wildfire smoke worse for kids’ health than prescribed burns
(Reuters Health) – Children who are exposed to smoke from wildfires may experience a greater health impact than those exposed to smoke from prescribed controlled burns, according to a small study in northern California. “Prescribed burns have been done for thousands of years to maintain the health of the forest, but there is public opposition to them due to the smoke exposure,” said lead study author Dr. Mary Prunicki of…
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JPB Fellows Explore Environmental Public Health at UM
JPB Fellows visited the University of Montana this week as part of a Harvard program to address social and environmental health disparities that disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. “It’s a really unique opportunity for UM to host a diverse group of Fellows who are really working to transform the lives and health of people throughout the nation,” said Senior Fellow Annie Belcourt, who has Blackfeet, Chippewa, Mandan and Hidatsa tribal affiliations.…
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Atlanta Meets Smog Standards As EPA Delays Reducing Them
That’s good news for people’s health, but the pollution rules could be stricter. The Trump Administration recently delayed fully implementing a lower ozone standard. Still, officials here say it’s a big deal that Atlanta is meeting federal ozone rules. Read more.
Exposure to artificial light at bedtime linked with weight gain in women
Sleeping with a television or light on in the room may be a risk factor for gaining weight or developing obesity, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The research, which was published online June 10 in JAMA Internal Medicine, is the first to find an association between any exposure to artificial light at night while sleeping and weight gain in women. The results suggest that cutting off lights…
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Can Sleeping With The TV On Really Lead To Weight Gain?
JPB Fellow Chandra Jackson latest study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests that sleeping with something that produces light may not be a bright idea. The study showed an association between the amount of artificial light, such as light produced by a television or a night light, in a room while sleeping and gain in body weight over time. Is this yet another reason why you shouldn’t install a constant…
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Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness
National Academies of Science – Workshop (June 4, 2019 – June 5, 2019, Sacramento CA). California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantive increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years. Indeed, a “new normal” in wildfires has emerged in California and elsewhere. According to the Sacramento Bee, large scale wildfires in California destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures in 2017, a higher total…
Wildfire Air Pollution and Health
JPB Fellow Colleen Reid latest publications: Associations between ozone and fine particulate matter with respiratory health during a wildfire event. Wildfires have been increasing in frequency in the western United States (US) with the 2017 and 2018 fire seasons experiencing some of the worst wildfires in terms of suppression costs and air pollution that the western US has seen. Although growing evidence suggests respiratory exacerbations from elevated fine particulate matter(PM2.5) during wildfires, significantly less is known…
Electronics Waste and Human Health Webinar
Electronics Waste & Human Health\ Wednesday, June 5, 2019 | 12 – 1 PM (PST) FREE Webinar presented by Senior JPB Fellow Diana Ceballos through The University of California, Berkeley in collaboration with Jim Puckett co-founder and Executive Director of Basel Action Network. Register here.
Senior Fellow Stephanie Moore Received a Medal at the White House
Dr. Gregory Doucette, Dr. Timothy Davis and Dr. Stephanie Moore (Senior JPB Fellow) are being honored for radically advancing rapid and remote detection of harmful algal bloom toxins. A state-of-the-art, robotic Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) was developed, validated, and deployed, and for the first time, transmitted near-real-time measurements of toxins in water. Read more.