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EHP: The Researcher's Perspective

EHP: The Researcher's Perspective


EHP: The Researcher's Perspective

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Length:
59 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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In this original podcast series, researchers from across the environmental health sciences offer insights into the motivation and vision driving their work. They also explore the implications of their findings for human health.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 59 episodes

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The Art of the Algorithm: Machine Learning in Environmental Health Research, with Nicole Kleinstreuer

We live in a time when investigators have overwhelming amounts of health-related data a...

13 minutes
Feb 13, 2020

The Global Burden of Mercury Exposure, with Niladri Basu

Methylmercury, the most toxic form of mercury, is found in seafood around the world, an...

11 minutes
Nov 12, 2019

Green and Serene? Exploring the Relationship between Vegetation and Mental Health, with Rachel Banay

Can living in green surroundings make you healthier and happier? It’s a tantalizing ide...

11 minutes
Oct 01, 2019

Key Characteristics: A New Approach to Identifying Potential Toxicants, with Martyn Smith

It would be nearly impossible using current methods to test all the chemicals in use fo...

14 minutes
Jul 22, 2019

Wind Turbines and Health: The Noise Connection, with Aslak Harbo Poulsen

For some people, the whoosh of wind turbines is the sound of clean energy. For others, ...

10 minutes
May 20, 2019

A Regrettable Substitute: The Story of GenX, with Jane Hoppin

DuPont introduced GenX almost 10 years ago as a chemical substitute for perfluorooctano...

15 minutes
Mar 14, 2019

Arsenic and Obesity: A Compound Risk Factor for Diabetes? with Mirek Stýblo

Although obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes, certain environmental agents, suc...

11 minutes
Jan 28, 2019

Phthalates and Childhood Asthma, with Randi Bertelsen

Several studies have reported links between asthma in children and the presence of phth...

9 minutes
Mar 01, 2013

An Unlikely Duo: Air Pollution’s Link to Low Birth Weight, with Tracey Woodruff

When you think about the health effects of air pollution, what comes to mind? Lung dise...

10 minutes
Feb 01, 2013

The Secret Life of Fat, with Michele La Merrill

Your bulges are busier than you may think…Many people see adipose tissue—fat—as nothing...

8 minutes
Jan 02, 2013