Center for Climate and Health
Launched in 2022, the Center for Climate and Health has the broad goal of fostering a diverse and vibrant community of researchers passionate about informing and minimizing the impacts of climate change on the health of people and communities.
We seek to better understand and advance:
Latest Stories
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Professors Receive $1.3M EPA Grant to Advance Climate Resilience
Led by our partnering faculty, Jon Levy and Amruta Nori-Sarma, this three-year project aims to identify and address the cumulative Read more
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Changing Lives on a Broad Scale
MPH student in the Environmental Health Department Lilly Nichols turns practicum with the Center for Climate and Health into a Read more
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Advancing the BUSPH Strategic Direction – Climate, The Planet, & Health
The Center for Climate and Health is directly advancing Boston University School of Public Health's strategic direction of Climate, The Read more
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What the Orange Line Shut Down Means for Our Health & the Environment
The rare suspension of an entire T line has brought many headaches, but also an unexpected opportunity for researchers, Jonathan Read more
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Warm Days Are Contributing to US Gun Violence Surge
Led by our partnering faculty, Jonathan Jay, a new study provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of heat-attributable shootings as a nationwide Read more
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BUSPH Launches the “Center” for Climate and Health
Announced on Earth Day, our new designation as a Center will enable us to leverage the critical work already being Read more
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BUSPH Climate Researchers are the “Justice League”
A recent article published in The Brink highlights the work of climate and health researchers across BU. Many members of Read more
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BUSPH Researchers on Health Benefits of Clean Transportation
In a recently published article, Environmental Health post-doc Matthew Raifman and professors Patrick Kinney and Jonathan Levy found increased benefits Read more
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Amelia Wesselink and Greg Wellenius Guest Editors of PPE Special Issue
Members of the Center for Climate and Health, Amelia Wesselink and Greg Wellenius, are guest editors for a special issue Read more
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Models predict climate change responsible for thousands of additional deaths by 2095
Patrick Kinney weighs in on two climate model predictions on increased deaths due to increases in small particulate matter and Read more