Environmental health
Public health branch focused on environmental impacts on human health
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| 2025 | Invited as a participant to the National Academies Consensus Committee on 'Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate', demonstrating his ongoing commitment to addressing climate change through education. |
| 2025 | Daniel Oerther was re-elected president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards for an additional year. |
| 2025 | Recognized as a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, marking a significant milestone in his professional career. |
| 2025 |
Wambabya Central Forest Reserve
Expected start of crude oil transportation through the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will pass through Wambabya Central Forest Reserve, potentially displacing over 14,000 households in Uganda and Tanzania.
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| 2024 | Named Champion of Nursing by the American Nurses Association. |
| 2024 | Daniel Oerther was elected president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards. |
| 2023 |
Energy poverty and cooking
IRENA released a series of reports highlighting slow progress toward universal clean cooking access and the need for more investment in renewable cooking technologies.
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| 2023 |
Energy poverty and cooking
International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report emphasizing the urgent need to achieve universal clean cooking access by 2030, estimating an annual investment requirement of US$8 billion.
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| 2023 | Awarded Diplomate Laureate by the American Academy of Sanitarians. |
| 2023 | Received Joe Beck Educational Contribution Award from the National Environmental Health Association. |
| 2023 | Daniel Oerther was elected vice president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards. |
| 2023 | Served as chair of the board of trustees of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, concluding his board membership. |
| April 2023 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Published a controversial research paper criticizing IEEE guidelines on cell phone radiation, claiming significant health threats and challenging existing health guidelines from the World Health Organization regarding wireless technology systems.
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| February 2023 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Clarivate delisted the journal from its main citation indexes (Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index) due to publications deemed outside the journal's scope.
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| 2022 | Research demonstrated that policy changes favoring wealth redistribution could simultaneously serve as climate change mitigation measures, potentially improving environmental health conditions for marginalized communities. |
| 2022 | Oerther began serving as chair of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission, a role he held through 2024. |
| 2022 | Became president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. |
| 2022 | Began serving as treasurer of Engineers Without Borders – USA, continuing through 2024. |
| 2021 |
Energy poverty and cooking
IRENA reported 2.3 billion people lacking access to clean cooking technologies globally.
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| 2021 |
Energy poverty and cooking
The Global Burden of Disease study estimated 3.1 million deaths related to cooking-related pollution, with the highest death rate occurring in Africa.
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| 2021 | A study revealed that racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States are exposed to disproportionately high levels of particulate air pollution, highlighting the ongoing issue of environmental racism. |
| 2021 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Appointed as a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
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| 2021 |
Environmental Research
Journal's impact factor increased to 8.431, demonstrating significant growth in scientific influence and recognition.
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| 2021 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal received an impact factor of 4.614 according to the Journal Citation Reports.
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| 2021 |
Wambabya Central Forest Reserve
Wambaya Forest Conservation and Development Association received UGX 1.3 billion funding from the Australia Development Agency for the 'Green Lug Forestry Restoration' project, targeting 3,000 households in Kikuube and Hoima districts to reduce wildlife-human conflicts.
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| 2021 |
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Journal transitioned from BioMed Central to publication by Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd.
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| 2020 |
Energy poverty and cooking
A review found that only one biomass stove on the market met World Health Organization (WHO) standards in field conditions, highlighting the significant challenges in developing truly clean cooking solutions.
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| 2020 |
Energy poverty and cooking
A systematic review was conducted on Improved Cookstoves (ICS), finding modest improvements in blood pressure, shortness of breath, emissions of cancer-causing substances, and cardiovascular diseases, but no improvements in pregnancy outcomes or children's health.
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| 2020 | Supported NHS leadership's announcement of aiming for 'net zero', calling on hospitals to reduce carbon emissions, switch to better asthma inhalers, and encourage staff to use active travel. |
| 2020 | Published report 'All-Consuming: Building a Healthier Food System for People & Planet', recommending public campaigns about diet and environmental food labeling. |
| 2020 | Richard Smith advocated for global action on climate change, emphasizing the potential of health professionals' global networks to address the issue. |
| 2020 |
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Journal achieved an impact factor of 4.860 according to the Journal Citation Reports, and was included in both Index Medicus and MEDLINE databases.
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| 2020 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Received multiple prestigious awards, including the River Rally River Hero Award, the Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Award, the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize, and was featured in Greenmatters' Black Climate Scientists and Scholars Changing the World.
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| 2020 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Selected as a MacArthur Fellow, recognizing her significant contributions to environmental justice research and advocacy.
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| 2020 | Inducted as a Fellow of the Society of Operations Engineers in the United Kingdom. |
| 2020 | Became a Fellow of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. |
| 2020 | Daniel Oerther was appointed to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission by Governor Mike Parson. |
| 2020 | Appointed to the board of directors of Engineers Without Borders – USA and became a member of the board of trustees of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. |
| 2020 | Served as the Kappe Distinguished Lecturer for the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. |
| 2020 |
Environmental Research
Journal achieved an impact factor of 6.498, ranking 16th out of 203 journals in the Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health category.
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| 2020 |
Environmental health policy
Vision 2020, a community-based development program, was implemented to encourage community reporting of environmental issues and influence local environmental health policy in Hamilton, Ontario.
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| 2020 |
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Journal Citation Reports reported an impact factor of 5.024 for the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health.
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| 2019 | TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network), an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases, was retired by the United States National Library of Medicine. |
| 2019 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Founded the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.
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| 2019 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Published 'Flushed and Forgotten: Sanitation and Wastewater in Rural Communities in the United States' with JoAnn Kamuf Ward, highlighting sanitation issues in rural communities.
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| 2019 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Delivered expert testimony to the United States Congress, urging the government to address diseases associated with poverty.
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| 2019 |
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Appointed to the Joe Biden Task Force on Climate Change, notably as the only Black member of the task force.
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| 2019 | Received Fulbright Scholar position at King's College London, UK. Completed tenure as Foreign Affairs Officer at the United States Department of State. |
| 2019 | Awarded the University of Missouri System's C. Brice Ratchford Fellowship for advancing the institution's land grant mission. |
| 2019 | Began serving as treasurer of the Sigma Theta Tau International Building Corporation, continuing until 2021. |
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