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STEER Researcher Helena Blobel examined methods for harvesting root-knot...
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STEER Researcher Kamalini Sengupta explored to effects of sleep loss and...
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STEER Researcher Eva Nee explored the relationship between exposure to...
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STEER Researcher Samara Pyfrom investigated legacy soil pollution in...
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STEER Researcher Rahma Osman investigated the relationship between air...
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STEER Researcher Rosanna Jiang studied the metabolic and reproductive health...
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STEER Researcher Sean O’Connor researched the environmental impacts of...
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STEER Researcher Isabelle Bonita conducted a systematic review on the mental...
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STEER Researcher Ryan Turlip examined the associations between toxic heavy...
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Meet CEET Director Trevor M. Penning, Ph.D.
Dr. Trevor Penning, the Thelma Brown and Henry Charles Molinoff Professor of Pharmacology, is a professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania and...
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Angela Aherrera, PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Dr. Angela Aherrera received her DrPH from Johns Hopkins University. Her research expertise is in exposure assessment and environmental...
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Eva-Maria Collins, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Biology at Swarthmore College, an Adjunct Associate Professor in Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,...
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The annual CEET symposium highlights emerging areas and themes in environmental health sciences. This year’s symposium, Engaging Communities to Impact Health, will bring together community members,...
View ArticleCall for Pilot Project Applications
CEET is currently accepting applications for three types of pilot awards: Focused Research Award, Opportunity Award, and Rapid Response Awards. Applications are due Friday, October 11, 2024 (11:59pm...
View ArticleWaters of the US at Risk
The recent decision on the Sackett v. EPA (No.21-45) case by the Supreme Court makes regulating wetlands and other special waters more challenging and will impact public health and the health of...
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Environmental impacts of junkyards in Southwest Philadelphia
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View ArticleMental health outcomes of first responders after disastrous wildfires
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View ArticleExamining the associations between toxic heavy metal exposure and Alzheimer’s...
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View ArticleCelebrating Local Environmental Justice Heroes: Earl Wilson
In the second part of our series on local environmental justice heroes, we are celebrating the dedicated work of Earl Wilson in Eastwick, Philadelphia. When Mr. Wilson moved to Eastwick in 1978, he...
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