WS Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit

WS Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit The WS PEHSU was created when the University of California, San Francisco PEHSU and the University of California, Irvine PEHSU were merged in 2015.

The WS PEHSU at University of California San Francisco is a team of healthcare professionals, and public health practitioners passionate about best practices & equity for reproductive & children’s environmental health. We serve clinicians and the community in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the republic of the Marshall Islands and more than 150 tribal nations contained therein (Region 9). We are part of a network of PEHSUs across North America dedicated to providing expertise on the connection between reproductive and children’s environmental health, and the environment. This site connects you to information and resources on a variety of environmental health topics and describes current activities of the WS PEHSU and how to contact us for services.

We're excited to announce that our Spanish translated “Una historia de Salud” (Story of Health) Cancer chapter is featur...
11/14/2025

We're excited to announce that our Spanish translated “Una historia de Salud” (Story of Health) Cancer chapter is featured on the homepage of the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics!. https://www.academiamexicanadepediatria.org/

11/03/2025

🌟 𝗖𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: Wed., 11/5, 7pm PT. Join 𝗦𝗙 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗦𝗥’𝘀 NEW 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 series! Dr. Bret Andrews will discuss natural gas & health + benefits of zero-emission home appliances. 📌 RSVP:

09/24/2025

/PRNewswire/ -- A major concerted effort that brings together childhood cancer and childhood health organizations, guided by PREP4Gold Childhood Cancer...

Supplemental folate reduces the risk of childhood leukemia & brain cancers. Learn more about folate by watching our most...
09/23/2025

Supplemental folate reduces the risk of childhood leukemia & brain cancers. Learn more about folate by watching our most recent video:
https://youtu.be/6tQz5IZ2gtI

Check out our team's Childhood Cancer & the Environment program annual report! https://wspehsu.ucsf.edu/wp-content/uploa...
09/19/2025

Check out our team's Childhood Cancer & the Environment program annual report!https://wspehsu.ucsf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CCEP25-funding-report_final.pdf

Learn how diet can affect childhood cancer risk with our latest video!
08/27/2025

Learn how diet can affect childhood cancer risk with our latest video!

Population-based studies conducted in several countries showed how a healthy diet during the critical periods of a child's development--from preconception, p...

When concerned parents call, the PEHSU answers! "Thallium Exposure Secondary to Commercial Kale Chip Consumption: Califo...
08/18/2025

When concerned parents call, the PEHSU answers! "Thallium Exposure Secondary to Commercial Kale Chip Consumption: California Case Highlights Opportunities for Improved Surveillance and Toxicological Understanding" http://bit.ly/4oGMjFC

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