by Lily Summers | Aug 21, 2020 | News
IHBE teams up with collaborators at OHSU to publish, “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Environmental Contamination and Childbirth” in the journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. This preliminary research was conducted between...
by Lily Summers | Jul 24, 2020 | News
Our director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg and our researchers at the lab were featured on Good Morning America this morning to present our novel research on testing buildings for SARS-CoV-2 along with people as a means to reopening the economy. To see GMA’s full...
by Mark Fretz | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Biology and the Built Environment Center have been developing a blueprint for saving lives and livelihoods by revealing the unseen in buildings through strategic building environmental...
by Mark Fretz | May 11, 2020 | News
Because buildings are the engine of our economy, we should do whatever we can to reduce the risk of indoor transmission. The first step is routine testing of our buildings for SARS-CoV-2. Second, we should implement a bundle of building measures following our recent...
by Mark Fretz | Mar 10, 2020 | News, Publication
As corporate entities, city, county, state and federal governments around the world take action against the spread of COVID-19, the built environment has been thrust onto center stage with a prominent role. Therefore, the unique expertise of researchers at the...
