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Date: 8/13/2026
Section: GeoHealth
Description: Dr. Darrow will present work from recent epidemiologic studies in the United States examining acute effects of heat waves on preterm and early-term birth. The presentation will also touch on epidemiologic designs used to study these acute relationships, disparities in heat vulnerability across population subgroups, and physiologic responses to heat that may connect to biological mechanisms in pregnancy.
Date: 8/13/2026
Section: GeoHealth
Description: Dr. Darrow will present work from recent epidemiologic studies in the United States examining acute effects of heat waves on preterm and early-term birth. The presentation will also touch on epidemiologic designs used to study these acute relationships, disparities in heat vulnerability across population subgroups, and physiologic responses to heat that may connect to biological mechanisms in pregnancy.










