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Explore the latest public health research and insights about environment.

Some nations have already taken decisive steps to ban mercury amalgam in dental fillings鈥攂ut in Zambia, despite the dangers, progress has stalled.

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Global Health NOW
Many of the historic buildings, shops, bars, and clubs along Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pollution from traffic snaking through the Nashville's urban core disproportionately impacts historically marginalized communities, exposing residents to high concentrations of airborne toxins.

Global Health NOW

鈥淲e need to be ambitious and speak uncomfortable truth to intransigent power,鈥 says planetary health leader Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood.

Public Health Magazine

Rising carbon levels are eroding nutritional values of staple crops, threatening millions with hidden hunger.

Public Health Magazine
Photo of a transgender person in Pakistan, seated at a vanity with a fan in the foreground.

Climate extremes including heat waves and floods affect almost everyone in Pakistan, but people who are transgender suffer disproportionately because of stigma that limits education, work, and housing options, pushing them to the margins of society. 

Global Health NOW

Environment Faculty Experts

 Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of environment? They鈥檙e here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Marsha Wills-Karp
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD, researches the environmental determinants of allergic and immune diseases across the lifespan and chairs the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.

Kellogg Schwab
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Kellogg Schwab, PhD, integrates engineering, public health, and human behavior by researching water and wastewater contaminants of public health concern.

Alfred Sommer
Professor
- Emeritus
Epidemiology

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS '73, studies the causes and prevention of childhood micronutrient malnutrition and mortality, and the causes and prevention of blinding diseases.

Brian Schwartz
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Brian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME 鈥90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments.