Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental Exposures
“We aim to understand how environmental exposures in early life influence health, development, and risk of disease and dysfunction across the life span – in infancy, childhood, adolescence and beyond”
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In the News
- January 2021: Clinical Climate Change
- December 2020: Dr. Elza Rechtman awarded the 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Award For Excellence in Service to the Mount Sinai Community
- Dr. Sonali Bose talks about wildfires and COVID-19 with Spectrum News NY1
- Sarah Evans and Lauren Zajac Provide Commentary for Pediatric Research
- Assessing capacity to social distance and neighborhood-level health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Feature of the Month
January 2021: Clinical Climate Change Conference
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic revealed the unambiguous impact of health disparities on morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in frontline populations. Patients with chronic health conditions and Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities have disproportionally and dramatically suffered in the ongoing pandemic. The Clinical Climate Change Conference brought together a broad audience of allied health professionals seeking to improve understanding, performance and patient outcomes. It aimed at filling the current gap and provide learners with an opportunity for exposure to up-to-date evidence based information on climate change impacts