Member Profile: Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)

This member organization profile was contributed by Elise Miller, MEd, Director of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. Please tell us about CHE’s work. The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) works to strengthen the science dialogue on environmental factors impacting human health. CHE does this by bringing attention to emerging environmental health research and catalyzing collaborative, prevention-oriented initiatives towards upstream solutions and interventions. Founded in 2002 as a program of Commonweal, CHE is an international partnership of almost 5,000 individuals and organizations in 79 countries and all 50 US states, including scientists, health professionals, health-affected groups, nongovernmental organizations and other concerned citizens, committed to improving human health across the lifespan. Which parts of the Pacific Northwest Region does CHE serve? CHE serves all parts of the Pacific Northwest — anyone who is interested in environmental health science and its implications for human health. Tell us about a recent accomplishment at CHE.  A Story of Health multimedia eBook, published in early 2015, explores how our environments interact with our genes to influence health across the lifespan. Described as “brilliant,” “innovative,” and “fun to use” by physicians, researchers and advocates, the peer-reviewed, 150-page eBook is told through the lives of fictional characters with asthma, developmental disabilities ...
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