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Making Ourselves Heard

Explore how Mailman students and faculty are effectively communicating public health messages

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Columbia Public Health Magazine
Championing Children

Columbia Mailman School has a storied history of protecting the youngest and most vulnerable. The Child Health Center for Learning and Development can now tackle daunting challenges.

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Columbia Public Health Magazine
Climate Change and Clean Air Policies Bring Major Health Benefits to Children and Adults

Clean air and climate policies aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions and air pollution prevent large numbers of deaths and illness in adults and children.

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Child and Adolescent Health
Curbing Air Pollution Control Devices Would Cost Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

A new commentary found that power plants’ use of these devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023.

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Environmental Health

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An Environmental Health Scientist’s Recipe for Giving the Next Generation a Safe Future

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Early Learning Nation

October 2, 2024

Dr. Perera's new book is intended to be “a wake-up call and a call to action for parents and grandparents, pediatricians and other health care providers, as well as government leaders."
The Role of Community Conversation in Improving Air Quality

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Eos

August 1, 2024

Collaboration between academic researchers and environmental justice organizations is key to mitigating emissions.
How climate change harms children’s health

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Yale Climate Connections

June 29, 2023

And what parents can do, according to ‘Children’s Health and the Peril of Climate Change,’ a recent book by Frederica Perera.