Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute
The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute engages researchers and citizen scientists to learn how our natural, social, and personal environments impact health. We use a multidimensional model of health to explore and understand the relationships between the environment and human health.
Read MoreSurface Water Webinar
Mark your calendars! The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute is hosting a webinar on January 19 from 3 to 4PM (EST) on surface water research and water monitoring.
Kentucky Waterways Alliance is monitoring two sections of Beargrass Creek for evidence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of their proximity to combined sewer overflow (CSO) sites near Big Rock Park and Joe Creason Park in Louisville, KY.
Sign UpCo-Immunity Releases November Study Results
Coronavirus infections in Metro Louisville likely are far higher than the already spiking rates reported by the health department according to researchers with the Co-Immunity Project at the Envirome Institute. The latest results from the ongoing research indicate infection rates increased tenfold from September to November, rising from 0.2% to at least 2%.
Sustain Magazine
Sustain Magazine is an educational resource that shares stories, strategies, and solutions from environmental health research about innovative and immerging development practices that mitigate and improve the human health consequences of unsustainable development. You can browse all the past issues here.
The 40th issue focuses on the work of the Superfund Research Center at the Envirome Institute. Read it here!
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- Nov 24, 2020 Latest results of the Co-Immunity Project show COVID-19 infection rate in Jefferson County increased tenfold since September
- Nov 24, 2020 Watching What Goes Down Our Toilets Could Help Keep a Pandemic From Spiraling Out of Control
- Nov 16, 2020 Guidance to Reduce the Cardiovascular Burden of Ambient Air Pollutants: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
- Nov 16, 2020 Policy Statement: Personal-Level Protective Actions Against Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
- Nov 16, 2020 One-Third of E-Cigarette Users Report Signs of Lung Damage: Study
Envirome in the White House Chronicle
White House Chronicle host, Llewellyn King, interviews the director of the Envirome Institute, Aruni Bhatnagar, and director of the Center for Healthy Air, Water, and Soil, Theodore “Ted” Smith on the benefit of trees on human health and the Envirome Institute’s response to COVID-19.
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Support the Envirome’s transdisciplinary team of researchers as they develop new approaches to promoting and preserving human health, increasing the understanding that healthy air, water and soil are keys to the health of all life. Make a donation online or schedule an appointment with our Development Director.