Tormod Rogne

MD PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, @YaleSPH @YaleCDE.

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

@UniOslo_MED @YaleSPH @LancetCountdown

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

Please join us for the Norway launch of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change this Thursday. Can be followed on Zoom. I'll present on the impact of heat on pregnancy outcomes and child health.
https://t.co/K47ipIZBHS

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

@Diyendo @NIHDirector Wow, congrats Diyendo!

[Yale School of Public Health @YaleSPH]

Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health have studied how rising temperatures adversely affect human health. A new study finds that exposure to high ambient temperatures during pregnancy can have detrimental impact on the health of the offspring.

https://t.co/5XfthdN62L

[Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell]

"[During the eighth week of pregnancy], a mean weekly temperature of 30 degrees C (86 degrees F) was associated with an almost doubled risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared with a mean weekly temperature of 10 degrees C (50 degrees F)."

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

Ambient heat during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood cancer https://t.co/5EPaNo49PD via @YaleSPH

[The Lancet Planetary Health @TheLancetPlanet]

Read our new July issue here: https://t.co/BghTWknxn8

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

3) At the population level, our findings add considerably to the field of climate change and pregnancy health. Not only does heat exposure have immediate negative effects on pregnancy (e.g., preterm birth), but there may be long-term consequences for the offspring.

11/11

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

Excited to see our paper out in @TheLancetPlanet

We observed that exposure to high ambient temperatures in early pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

More details follow 🧵 1/11

https://t.co/4Rh3k0bds3

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

2) Fortunately, childhood ALL is very rare. At the individual level, it is highly unlikely that exposure to heatwaves will cause childhood ALL. Likewise, it is unlikely that a given child with ALL can trace the "cause" back to exposure to high temperatures in fetal life.

10/11

[Kai Chen @ChenKai_yale]

Glad to share our new paper @TheLancetPlanet led by @TormodRogne @YaleSPH, funded by our @CCHYale Pilot Award.

Ambient #heat during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood cancer https://t.co/Dsl6AcKcDW via @YaleSPH

Full Paper, Open Access 👉https://t.co/IOwiVry50w

[Tormod Rogne @TormodRogne]

@ChenKai_yale @YaleSPH @YaleDeptEHS @CCHYale Terrific, congrats!