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Junfeng “Jim” Zhang, professor of global and environmental health at 91��������, has received a $2 million grant to lead a four-year study on the effects of early-life and prenatal exposure to air pollution on birth weight and growth. These are two important predictors of childhood obesity.

This Nicholas School multimedia feature focuses on the important ongoing research of Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, associate professor of the practice of environmental policy and management, with a small nonprofit organization in Oaxaca that works to protect threatened ecosystems by empowering local rural communities to find new ways to benefit from and be compensated for their traditional environmental management practices.