UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center

Today we celebrate International Day of Women and #GirlsInScience ! #WomenInScience inspire us with their historic contributions to astronomy, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, engineering, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics. But despite these achievements, today less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women . The United Nations established this day to recognize female scientific excellence and support #GenderEquality so women and girls can be fu...ll participants in solving the Earth’s major global challenges. #futureisfemale To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked our EHSC researchers to name their favorite female scientist. See what they said: https://environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu//great-women-scien the Jane Goodall Institute Jedidah Isler, PhD Californians for Pesticide Reform Monica R. McLemore

Our wonderful Community Engagement Program Manager Aubrey Thompson is leaving our Center at the end of this week! It's hard to imagine life at EHSC without her, so today we threw a little Zoom party in her honor . She will be missed, but we hope someday she'll return to UC Davis! Tanya Khemet Taiwo Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability Central California Environmental Justice Network - CCEJN Bernadette Austin Sarina Rodriguez The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment Central California Asthma Collaborative Community Water Center Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice Californians for Pesticide Reform Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Maddelyn Hunt Paige Bierma

Through our Center's research, we know multiple crises from pandemic to wildfire to job loss have touched all of us over the past year, including many in our very own UC Davis community. If you're an undergrad or grad student and want to find a some way to help others through these disasters, don't miss this chance to get involved in Aggie House, Davis's first-ever transitional housing led by students for students. The group is building a free space for UC Davis students expe...riencing housing insecurity or homelessness to live for up to one academic quarter, but the only way it can work is if students like you join the effort. Check out tonight's recruitment meeting on Zoom at 7 PM to learn more! See Zoom link below. UC Davis Graduate Students UC Davis Student Housing UC Davis Housing--Grad/Professional Students #homelesscrisis #HomelessAwareness #HousingRights https://alumni.ucdavis.edu//students-help-students-find-st

#COVID19 is especially deadly for people of color. Wonder why? Learn how racism, COVID-19 and air pollution intersect in this new infographic. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Central California Environmental Justice Network - CCEJN Central California Asthma Collaborative Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice https://environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu//air-pollution-rac