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Post subject: interesting development
 Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 10:12 PM
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EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT & HUMAN HEALTH
• The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (a partnership of the University of Exeter, University of Plymouth and the NHS in Devon and Cornwall), with the support of the European Union Convergence Programme in Cornwall, is investing up to £14 million (capital and revenue) to establish a new and innovative research centre – the European Centre for Environment and Human Health sited in Cornwall. The focus of research will be to explore the interconnections between the environment, human health and wellbeing. This includes both environmental threats, and opportunities to use the environment to promote health and wellbeing. Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology (especially emerging environmental contaminants including nanomaterials) General areas envisaged include:
• Climate, Oceans and Health (with a focus on threats to coastal communities)
• Clinical Photobiology
• Promotion of health and wellbeing using the natural environment
• Environmental Psychology and Behaviour Change
• Environment and Human Health Policy
• Business, Environment and Human Health
The development of the European Centre for Environment and Human Health builds on the wealth of environmental expertise in the South West and offers a unique opportunity to develop interdisciplinary collaborations with, for example:
• The internationally respected Centre for Ecology and Conservation and the proposed Environment and Sustainability Institute based at the Cornwall Campus of the University of Exeter;
• Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology at University of Exeter;
• The Eco-toxicology and Stress Biology Research Centre at University of Plymouth;
• Other related areas, such as the Plymouth Marine Laboratory; the Eden Project; the Met Office; Natural England; the Environment Agency and the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme. |
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