Undergrads exhibit semester research for “Disease Ecology, Economics and Policy”
December 19, 2017Students in the course “Disease Ecology, Economics and Policy” gathered in the Guyot Atrium Dec. 14 to present their semester research projects on the emergence and spread of disease.
To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology
September 18, 2017To predict how climate change will affect disease, researchers need new statistical models that incorporate both climate factors and the climate-disease relationship, and account for uncertainties in both.
An immune signaling pathway for control of Yellow Fever Virus infection
August 15, 2017Princeton researchers uncovered a critical role for a new immune signaling pathway in controlling infection by the Yellow Fever Virus (YFV).
Giant Middle East Dust Storm Caused by a Changing Climate, Not Human Conflict
January 13, 2017 ・ Matt Soniak for the Office of Engineering CommunicationsResearchers have determined that the massive late-summer 2015 dust storm in the Middle East was caused by a changing climate and was not attributable to the civil war in Syria, as many media outlets reported.
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: Lead Exposure and the Black-White Test Score Gap
February 9, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzWe consider a new source of racial disparities in test scores: African American students’ disproportionate exposure to environmental toxins, and, in particular, lead. Using a unique individual-level dataset of children’s preschool lead levels linked with future educational outcomes for children…
300 Million Children Breathe Highly Toxic Air, Unicef Reports
October 31, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzRamanan Laxminarayan quoted in the New York Times discussing the impact of air pollution on children in India and China.
United Nations to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
August 31, 2016 ・ Melissa Policicchio for the Princeton Environmental InstitutePEI interviews PEI senior research scholar Ramanan Laxminarayan about antimicrobial resistance.
UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobials—What Do We Need?
July 18, 2016 ・ Ramanan LaxminarayanLaxminarayan comments that sustainable access to effective antimicrobials is a prerequisite for achieving several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Household Fuels Exceed Power Plants and Cars as Source of Smog in Beijing
June 27, 2016 ・ John Sullivan, Office of Engineering CommunicationsNew research by Denise Mauzerall and colleagues indicates China could improve air quality by reducing residential emissions.
