Category Archives: Urban Health

A Mosquito’s Eye View of Rio das Pedras, Brazil using Mobile Image Collection

In Brazil, residents of informal communities are disproportionately affected by the Zika epidemic and ongoing threats from other mosquito-borne illnesses.  Underdeveloped sanitation systems and poorly maintained streets are some of the many factors that contribute to mosquito reproduction and increase … Continue reading

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Steve Mooney receives Poster Award at Epidemiology Congress of the Americas 2016

Steve Mooney, one of our recently minted PhD’s, won a best poster presentation award at the 2016 Epidemiology Congress of the Americas for his work on the “Neighborhood Environment-Wide Association Study” design. New spatial tools and the expanding availability of … Continue reading

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13th Place and Health Conference

Gina Lovasi presented recent urban health work at the “Evidence for Action in Policy and Programs for Urban Health” plenary session of Place and Health, the 13th International Conference on Urban Health in San Francisco.  Gina described two community health … Continue reading

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Exploring How Residents of NYC Use Neighborhood Spaces

The Built Environment and Health team (including Cluster members Lovasi and Rundle) just published a paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showing that differences in urban design in New York City (NYC) are associated with how residents utilize their residential neighborhood … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday: Neighborhood Income and DNA Damage from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Prostate Tissue.

Throwback Thursday posts will revisit previously published articles and provide results of additional analyses that didn’t fit within the Journal’s word limits or re-imagine how the underlying data in the paper can be presented graphically. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Modifies the … Continue reading

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“Stress and the City” at the German House for Research and Innovation

Andrew Rundle will be speaking at the “Stress and the City” event at the German House for Research and Innovation at the United Nations Plaza.  The event is November 2nd from 6:30 to 8:30 and they would like an RSVP.  The … Continue reading

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