Dept of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

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Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls Veterans from the 1991 Gulf War (GW) have suffered from Gulf War illness (GWI) for nearly 30 years. This illness encompasses multiple body systems, including the central nervous system (CNS). Diagnosis and treatment of GWI is difficult because there has not been an objective diagnostic biomarker. Re...

Impacts of social distancing policies on mobility and COVID-19 case growth in the US In response to COVID-19, many states have implemented social distancing orders, but the effect of these orders on population mobility has not been fully quantified. Here, the authors use data from the US to show that state-level social distancing orders substantially reduced mobility and limited the...

We are looking for interested Gulf War Veterans to participate in our research study. We have study sites in Boston, Miami, San Francisco and the Bronx.

Please contact our study team for more information or to see if you are eligible!

Jessica Leibler, assistant professor of environmental health, is conducting studies to better understand the social and environmental factors of COVID-19 transmission among vulnerable populations in Massachusetts.

Read more about Leibler and her work here: http://spr.ly/6181Hub7N

At BU and Beyond, Many Gulf War Veterans Still Suffer From ‘Toxic Wounds’ Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

A Potential Turning Point for the Environment | SPH | Boston University Four more years of President Trump almost certainly means further destabilization of environmental health policy. But a Biden/Harris administration must be prepared with the same swift and targeted action to rebuild environmental safeguards.

Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health, and Kate Weinberger, assistant professor of environmental health at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, discuss the intersections between climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting how both have profound negative impacts on our health and well-being, and exacerbate health inequities.

"For both threats, unprecedented national and global coordination will enable even faster progress and ultimately save countless lives," they write.

Read more here: http://spr.ly/6187GAyTf

Amruta Nori-Sarma, postdoctoral associate in climate and health, is studying the association between extreme weather events and anxiety, depression, and PTSD among vulnerable populations.

“The conversation has shifted away from the theoretical ‘what will happen in 20 to 50 years,’ to ‘how can we effectively communicate how people can protect themselves during more extreme and more frequent events right now,’” she says.

Read more about her important work here: http://spr.ly/6180Gfaj6

When 6 Feet Might Not Protect You From the Coronavirus To stop the spread indoors, here’s what we need to do.