Kathy James' work on drought and water quality featured on NPR

February 29, 2024

Kathy James of our CEC Colorado group is working with local communites to study how drought is intensifying the levels of heavy metals, especially arsenic, in drinking water from private wells in Colorado and the west. Read the story on NPR.org.

Congratulations to Azariah Boyd on completing master's degree

January 22, 2024

Azariah Boyd, CEC trainee in Tamarra James-Todd's lab at HSPH, completed her Master of Science in Environmental Health Epidemiology in December! Her thesis, "Assessing Effectiveness of an Indoor Air Purification Intervention on PM Levels: The Impact of Season and Time of Day on Patients with Atrial Fibrillation", ... Read more about Congratulations to Azariah Boyd on completing master's degree

CEC teaches about clean water at Franklin Park's Zoo Howl

October 28, 2023

Over the Halloween weekend, the Superfund CEC participated in the annual New England Franklin Park Zoo Howl. Our booth provided handouts designed by members of our team adapted from Boston’s Annual Water Quality Report.

NPR features work of CEC Co-Director Kathy James on arsenic in drinking water

May 22, 2023

Once 'paradise,' parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water.

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Marcos-Hernandez teaches local high school students about arsenic in water

May 5, 2023

Project 4 postdoc Mariana Marcos-Hernandez orchestrated an outreach event to a STEM-focused high school in Phoenix, AZ to teach students about safe drinking water.... Read more about Marcos-Hernandez teaches local high school students about arsenic in water

CEC participates in Franklin Park Zoo's Earth Day Event

April 22, 2023

The Community Engagement Core participated in the Boston Franklin Park Zoo’s Spring into Action: Earth Day Event on Saturday April 22. The CEC team had a demonstration that showed community members how Boston gets its tap water.... Read more about CEC participates in Franklin Park Zoo's Earth Day Event

Novel water filter device deployed in Florence, AZ

April 4, 2023

Mariana Marcos-Hernandez and lab-mate Alireza Farsad reached out to a community in Florence, AZ, where reports from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (AZDEQ) indicated arsenic levels in well water above the MCL of 10 ppb.... Read more about Novel water filter device deployed in Florence, AZ

CEC team teaches about clean water at Franklin Park Zoo Howl

November 1, 2022

During Halloween weekend the Superfund community engagement team and trainees participated the annual Zoo Howl at Franklin Park Zoo. Our booth contained a water filter experiment,... Read more about CEC team teaches about clean water at Franklin Park Zoo Howl

Tamarra James-Todd receives 12th Annual Alice Hamilton Award

October 21, 2022

Congratulations to Tamarra James-Todd who will receive the 12th Annual Alice Hamilton Award from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This award by the Committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty (CAWF)... Read more about Tamarra James-Todd receives 12th Annual Alice Hamilton Award

Tamarra James-Todd co-leads 2nd Environmental Justice Boot Camp

October 1, 2022

More than 70 trainees, professors, community advocates, and folks with a variety of backgrounds came together on August 15^th and 16^th for an in-depth online boot camp on the theories and methods to study environmental health disparities and environmental justice (EJ).

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