Events

Lecture: How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?

On Monday, October 5th at 6:00 pm at the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, the Center for Health and the Global Environment, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public will present a panel discussion with top Harvard professors of environmental science, housing and public health entitled“How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?” The speakers will share current research about environmental impacts on health and discuss new technologies, initiatives, and policies designed to promote human well-being as cities grow and building designs change and evolve. The speakers include John D. Spengler, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph Allen, Program Leader, Healthy Buildings, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Harvard School of Public Health; and Julia Africa, Program Leader, Nature, Health, & the Built Environment, Harvard School of Public Health. Read more here.