by campus | Dec 18, 2017 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, PROTECT Team
On December 12th, 2017, News@Northeastern featured the article “Co-op in Puerto Rico Expands Student’s Interest in Environmental Health,” which detailed the ROUTES experience of former scholar Alejandro Rovira, who worked with PROTECT and CRECE throughout his co-op....
by campus | Nov 16, 2017 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), Media Coverage of PROTECT, PROTECT Team
PROTECT and CRECE Co-Director José Cordero and PROTECT Project 4 Leader Ingrid Padilla were featured in the November 16, 2017, issue of Nature describing Puerto Rico’s struggles to assess the hurricane’s health effects. The article reports on PROTECT’s Post-Maria...
by campus | Sep 13, 2017 | Enrichment Core B (Research Translation), Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), Media Coverage of PROTECT, PROTECT Team
A National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) post titled, “Understanding Community Awareness and Actions on Environmental Health Issues,” highlights the work of Dr. Phil Brown, director of the Research Translation Core (RTC) and co-director of the...
by campus | Mar 16, 2017 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, PROTECT Team
On March 14th, 2017, The Hill, an American political journalism newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C., posted the Op-ed, “Reagan’s Superfund research must get back to Bush II funding levels” written by Akram Alshawabkeh, PROTECT Co-Director, along...
by campus | Apr 19, 2016 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology)
The CDC recommends the use of DEET to protect people against the mosquito that carries the Zika virus, especially pregnant women. But there are very few published studies looking at the possible effects of DEET on unborn children, and none of the existing studies...
by campus | Feb 5, 2016 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), Events, Media Coverage of PROTECT
Dr. José Cordero, PROTECT Co-Director and leader of the Human Subjects and Sampling Core, appeared on NPR’s “Here & Now” on February 3rd to discuss Puerto Rico’s efforts against the spread of the Zika virus. Listen to the segment below, or visit this website to...
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