Stories by Frederica Perera

Frederica Perera is a special research scientist and professor emerita at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She is the founding director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health and the director of the center’s translational research program.

Groups of tourists walk along the reflecting pool on the National Mall near the Washington Monument amongst a thick haze of wildfire smoke. The US Capitol Building is barely visible in the distance through the smoke

OpinionOctober 31, 2024

Vote for a Healthy Climate for Our Children

The 2024 presidential election will have enormous consequences for the climate, and the health and future of children

Frederica Perera