SSEHRI is pleased to announce that core faculty member Dr. Sara Wylie has been selected as a finalist for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)’s Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health...
It’s been a busy year and we’re excited to share everything we’ve been working on. Please read our 5th Annual Report for updates on our members, projects, and events. Annual Report 2017
We’re excited to expand our reach this year and welcome several new students and affiliated faculty members. Our new students are Taylor Braswell, a first year PhD student in Sociology, who has already started...
From EWG: “The known extent of the contamination of U.S. communities with PFCs – highly fluorinated toxic chemicals, also known as PFASs, that have been linked to cancer, thyroid disease, weakened immunity and other health...
Last month’s Northeastern University Commencement included the graduation of a SSEHRI master’s student. Nancy Toure completed her MA in Sociology. Her thesis, entitled “Two Sides of the Same Coin: Police Brutality and Environmental Injustice” examines...
Congratulations to Lauren Richter, who has just been chosen as a 2017 Switzer Fellow! From the Switzer Foundation’s website: “The Switzer Fellowship Program offers one-year Fellowships to highly talented graduate students in New England...
Registration is open now! June 14-15, 2017 Highly Fluorinated Compounds – Social and Scientific Discovery Northeastern University, Boston This two-day conference in Boston will address the social, scientific, political, economic, and environmental health...
Save the Date: June 14 – 15, 2017 Northeastern University, Boston Highly Fluorinated Compounds – Social and Scientific Discovery This two-day conference in Boston will address the social, scientific, political, economic, and environmental health...
SSEHRI PhD student Elicia Cousins received the 2016 Jeanne X. Kasperson Student Paper Award. This award is presented by the Hazards, Risks, and Disasters specialty group of the Association of American Geographers. Elicia won for her...
We’re pleased to announce that New Solutions has just published its special issue on “Social Science-Environmental Health Collaborations” that stems from an NIEHS-sponsored conference held in May 2015 at Northeastern University. We’re especially happy that...