A federally funded study led by Brown University researchers links increased childhood blood lead concentrations with increased depressive symptoms in adolescence, with larger increases when exposure occurred later in childhood.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Joseph Braun
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Epidemiology, Director of Children's Environmental Health
Research Interests
Children's environmental health, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Neurodevelopment, Obesity
Recent News
The New York Times
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
Allan Just, Associate IBES and Epidemiology Professor, and Joseph Braun, Professor of Epidemiology and an IBES Faculty Fellow, are among the authors of a study finding that poor air quality negatively affects marathon finish times.
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IBES Fellow Joseph Braun – a professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Climate, Environment & Health – spoke about the new center's research and whether the current presidential administration could affect its work.
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During a campus conversation to celebrate the launch of the Center for Climate, Environment and Health, panelists explored the impacts of climate change on human health and the research that will drive life-saving solutions.
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The Brown Daily Herald
The race against pollution: Air quality impacts marathon times, Brown study finds
New research from IBES Associate Professor Allan Just and Faculty Fellow Joseph Braun, both epidemiologists in the Brown University School of Public Health, suggests that poor air quality increases marathon runners' race times.
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IBES Associate Professor Allan Just and Faculty Fellow Joseph Braun, both epidemiologists in the School of Public Health, contributed to this study.
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