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Check out the latest news from the PEHSU network below. We write about PEHSU news and events, periodically make videos and produce a podcast about environmental health and how it affects children and pregnant women from across the 10 regions.  

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Something in the Air: Air Pollution, Wildfire Smoke, Cancer Care, and Survivorship for Childhood and Young Adult Cancers

Dr. Judy Ou, PhD, MPH Dr. Ou studies how environmental exposures—including air pollution and wildfire smoke—may affect cancer-related health outcom…

10/19/2026
National PEHSU
Air Quality| Childhood Cancer| Wildfires
Nikki Wood, DO

Insights on Childhood Cancer & the Environment from Dr. Nikki Wood

Dr. Nikki Wood received her medical degree from Kansas City University and completed both her pediatric residency and her pediatric hematology-onco…

08/19/2026
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Environmental Health Radio Episode 6: Water Quality & Children’s Health

Featuring Dr. Alan Woolf How does water quality affect children’s health? What’s important to know about water in schools, water in wel…

07/06/2026
National PEHSURegion 1
Healthy Homes| Healthy Schools| Lead| Water Quality

Lisa Pagán on Childhood Cancer Prevention and the Questions Families Carry

A mother’s story about losing her son to leukemia, and advocating for childhood cancer prevention and early detection. When Lisa Pagán’s son …

06/08/2026
National PEHSURegion 9
Childhood Cancer
Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD

Insights on Childhood Cancer & the Environment from Dr. Catherine Metayer 

Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD is a leading childhood cancer researcher at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health specializing in childhood leukemia and…

05/19/2026
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

On a Small Island with a Big Goal: Prevent & Reduce Childhood Cancer

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program Gathers on Catalina Island April, 2026 — Santa Catalina Island, Calif: The Wrigley Marine …

04/24/2026
National PEHSURegion 9
Childhood Cancer| Reproductive Health

The Role of the Environment in Reproductive Health

PEHSU Staff Spotlight: Dr. Marya Zlatnik April, 2026 — San Francisco, Calif: Dr. Marya G. Zlatnik is a maternal-fetal medicine physician …

04/14/2026
National PEHSURegion 9
Childhood Cancer| Reproductive Health

PEHSU Gathers in Atlanta for 2026 Annual Meeting

March, 2026 — Atlanta, Georgia: The PEHSU Network came together in person in early March in Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2026 Annual Meeting…

03/30/2026
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Environmental Health Radio Episode 5: Childhood Asthma, Lead and Community Partnership

Featuring Dr. Mark Anderson What role does the environment have on childhood asthma? Is lead found in rural areas or just urban areas? Mark Anderso…

03/27/2026
National PEHSURegion 8
Air Quality| Healthy Homes| Healthy Schools| Lead| Water Quality

Bringing a Nursing Lens to Children’s Environmental Health at PEHSU

PEHSU Staff Spotlight: Dr. MaryKate Cardon MaryKate Cardon, DNP, CPNP-PC, brings a strong clinical foundation, a passion for prevention, and a holi…

02/25/2026
National PEHSURegion 10
Childhood Cancer
Potomac River

Potomac River Contamination and Children’s Health

On January 19, D.C. Water officials discovered that a portion of the Potomac Interceptor, a large, 60-year-old pipeline, near the Capital Beltway i…

02/20/2026
Region 3
Water Quality
Omar Shakeel, MD

Childhood Cancer Prevention & Survivorship with Dr. Omar Shakeel 

“Why did this happen?” For many families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis, this question echoes in their minds relentlessly. It is underscored w…

02/03/2026
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Environmental Health Radio Episode 4: Healthy Pregnancy

Featuring Dr. Abby Mutic & Dr. Susan Buchanan What can you do to protect your health and your baby’s health in utero from environmental h…

01/22/2026
National PEHSURegion 4Region 5
Reproductive Health

Dr. Michael Scheurer on the Impacts of the Environment on Pediatric Cancer Risk and Survivorship

January 16, 2026 — Oakland, Calif: In December 2025, the Childhood Cancer & Environment Program hosted Michael Scheurer, PhD, MPH, FACE, to dis…

01/16/2026
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Childhood Cancer & the Environment: Activating Clinicians for Prevention

Volume 55, Issue 9 of Current Problems in Pediatric & Adolescent Health Care is entitled “Childhood Cancer and the Environment: Activatin…

12/12/2025
Childhood Cancer

Inside the Lab of a Childhood Leukemia Scientist

Understanding leukemia in children– an interview with Dr Joseph Wiemels November 25, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: Childhood leukemia is the most co…

11/25/2025
Childhood Cancer
Machine for the Extraction of Petroleum

Oil and Gas Development and Pediatric Cancers: The Latest Evidence

November 7, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: Last month, the Childhood Cancer & Environment Program kicked off our webinar series with Nicole C…

11/07/2025

Ohio AAP Names Dr. Nick Newman of Region 5 PEHSU as Outstanding Pediatrician of the Year 

October 29, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: Earlier this month, Dr. Nick Newman, Associate Director of Region 5 PEHSU, was awarded the Elizabeth Spencer Rup…

10/29/2025
Region 5
Air Quality| Lead

Celebrating 10 Years of Children’s Environmental Health Day with 10 Resources from PEHSU

October 6, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: October 9, 2025 is the 10th Annual Children’s Environmental Health Day. PEHSU is celebrating by highl…

10/06/2025
National PEHSU

New Analysis Shows 80% of Health Professionals Receive Questions About Environmental Impacts on Childhood Cancer Survivorship Rates

July 15, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: Experts with the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) Childhood Cancer and the Environment …

07/15/2025
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Dr. Marissa Hauptman, Co-Director of Region 1 New England PEHSU, Recognized with Multiple Awards

May 5, 2025 — Oakland, Calif: Dr. Marissa Hauptman, Co-Director of Region 1 New England PEHSU, was recognized in March 2025 as one of 5 finalists a…

05/05/2025
Region 1

Introducing the New PEHSU.net

We’re glad you’re here. What’s Different on the New pehsu.net? Our website highlights work across all 10 PEHSU regions based thro…

04/23/2025
National PEHSU
childhood cancer and the environment

PEHSU Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program Hosts Training

Health Professionals & PEHSU Experts Gather in Kansas City. PEHSU’s Childhood Cancer & the Environment program is a national program that e…

03/20/2025
National PEHSU
Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Environmental Health Radio Episode 3: Protecting Children from the Health Effects of Wildfires

Featuring Gina Solomon, MD, MPH Gina Solmon, MD, MPH is the Principal Investigator for the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Speci…

01/21/2025
National PEHSURegion 9
Air Quality| Wildfires