This symposium will highlight selected research and organizational activities that occurred during and after the storm, and provide an update on key milestones and data obtained from associated disaster research response activities with the local community and other stakeholders. Date: Thursday, August 22, 2019 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Location: Cullen Auditorium Baylor CollegeContinueContinue reading “Hurricane Harvey Symposium”
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Study Investigates Environmental and Chemical Exposures after Harvey
Learn more about how researchers from UTHealth-School of Public Health, Texas A&M University and Oregon State University, researchers from the Baylor Environmental Health Service teamed up on a project to monitor chemical exposure in communities affected by Hurricane Harvey. As residents returned to their homes, questions arose about the possible health effects. https://www.bcm.edu/news/environmental-health/chemical-exposures-harvey-study
The Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health Designated Center of Excellence
The Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health (GC-CPEH), a multimillion dollar Texas Medical Center effort jointly led by Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, has been designated as a Center of Excellence in environmental health sciences research from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).ContinueContinue reading “The Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health Designated Center of Excellence”