Nature and Health: A Cells to Society Approach

The purpose of the workshop is to generate an actionable and inclusive research approach to better understand and address the relationship between nature and human health.

September 19-20, 2024

This 1.5-day workshop explored five research areas in nature and health:

  1. How to define nature in research
  2. Nature, the cell and the body
  3. Nature, the brain and mental health
  4. Equitable access and pathways to the health benefits of nature
  5. Nature exposure measurement: geography and dose

Check out the complete Workshop Summary and our quarterly editions of the Nature and Health Newsletter:

For inquiries or questions please contact nh_workshop@brown.edu

On behalf of the planning committee:

  • Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Co-Chair
  • Kevin Mwenda, Associate Professor of Population Studies, Director of the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Co-Chair
  • Chris Moore, Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director of the Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Jeff Huang, Associate Professor of Computer Science
  • John McGeary, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Kelly Holder, Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School
  • Kurt Pennell, 250th Anniversary Professor of Engineering
  • Betsy Stubblefield Loucks, Associate Director, Research Strategy and Development, Workshop Designer and Facilitator

This workshop was made possible thanks to support from the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) program, the School of Public Health, and a Seed Award from the Brown University Division of Research and the Office of Research Strategy and Development. We are grateful to the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, which receives funding from the NIH (P2C HD041020), for general support.