Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Media Coverage: Public Health

Living On Top Of Forgotten Oil And Gas Wells »

February 9, 2016

Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) explains how "plugged" gas wells can still leak methane at various levels.

By Stephanie Joyce, Inside Energy

Zika Fears Spur Rash of Calls to Clinics About Travel Safety »

February 6, 2016

Senior Woods Fellow Michele Barry and Woods Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud discuss the risks of Zika transmission to pregnant women.

By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle

Chikungunya, A Mosquito-Borne Virus, Might Be Scarier Than We Thought »

December 2, 2015

Quites Desiree LaBeaud, a Woods-affiliated associate professor of pediatrics, on spread of virus that can cause debilitating joint pain.

By Rae Ellen Bichell, NPR

Monterey-Based Researchers Use Nature to Fight Skin-Burrowing Parasites »

September 17, 2015

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.

By Diana LaScala-Gruenewald, Monterey County Weekly

Lyme-like Disease Bacteria Found in Peninsula »

August 27, 2015

Discusses a recent study led by Dan Salkeld, a research scientist at Colorado State University and former lecturer at Stanford, which found a surprising level of tick-borne disease risk on local trails. Salkeld started the research...

By Brendan P. Bartholomew, SF Examiner

High Risk of Tick-Borne Diseases on Bay Area Trails »

August 24, 2015

Discusses a new study co-authored by Senior Woods Fellow Eric Lambin on surprising levels of tick-borne disease in the Bay Area.

NBC Bay Area

EPA Moves to Cut Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas »

August 18, 2015

Woods Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science) discusses the importance of new rules meant to help combat climate change by curbing methane emissions from new hydraulically fractured crude oil wells and natural gas pipelines...

By Bobby Magill and Climate Central, Scientific American

Killer Snails Vs. River Prawns »

August 3, 2015

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.

By Jason Bittel, onEarth / Natural Resources Defense Council

Cleaning Poop from Drinking Water »

July 30, 2015

Interviews Woods Senior Fellows Stephen Luby and Jenna Davis and Woods Research Associate Amy Pickering about their work with the Lotus Water Project. 

By Lauren Farrar, KQED | Quest Science

Your Brain on Nature »

July 30, 2015

Woods Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) discusses her research on how nature can improve well-being. 

By Brian Lehrer, WNYC / Brian Lehrer Show

Is It Safe to Go to the Beach? »

July 27, 2015

Woods Senior Fellow Alexandria Boehm tests for bacteria in samples of sand from beaches, and provides tips for beachgoers to reduce their risk of exposure to dangerous pathogens.

ABC News

How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain »

July 22, 2015

Features research co-authored by Woods Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) about how a walk in nature affects the brain.

By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times / Well

How Giant Prawns Could Fight Tropical Disease and Poverty »

July 20, 2015

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Humanities and Sciences) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal. 

By Ed Young, National Geographic

River Prawn Becomes New Weapon Against Schistosomiasis »

July 20, 2015

Discusses research findings from  Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology), Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow and other researchers on using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.

By Faith Lapidus, Voice of America

Can You Prescribe Nature? »

July 8, 2015

Discusses research, co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) on the mental health benefits of time in nature

By Helen Briggs, BBC News

How Walking in Nature Prevents Depression »

June 30, 2015

Features research on nature's effect on rumination co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily  

By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

New Research Suggests Nature Walks Are Good for Your Brain »

June 29, 2015

Discusses research co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily

By Chris Mooney, Washington Post

Stanford Researchers Rethink Sanitation System for Urban Slums »

May 13, 2015

Features dry toilet and related service system developed by researchers affiliated with Woods' Water, Health & Development Program

By Susana Mendoza, Xinhua News

Human Price of Forest Destruction Paid in Plague »

March 4, 2015

Senior Fellow James Holland Jones (Anthropology) discusses the need to study disease mechanisms to better understand how diseases are being transmitted to humans.

By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire, Scientific American

Restoring Threatened Mussels To Freshwater Could Cut E. Coli Contamination »

January 29, 2015

Cites research findings by Senior Woods Fellow Alexandria Boehm (Engineering), Senior Woods Fellow Richard Luthy (Engineering), and Niveen Ismail, a Stanford graduate student in environmental engineering, that mussels can remove...

By Puneet Kollipara, Chemical & Engineering News