Recent Stories
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 impacts of climate change that affect the 21 communities surrounding the Mystic River Watershed. Read more about this exciting new... More
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 full-time job helping researchers study extreme heat. Read the full highlight on her and her exciting new career here.
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 Planet, & Health. BUSPH is at the forefront of research that deepens our understanding of the health, social, and economic... More
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 Buonocore, Chad Milando, and Chris Rick to study the health and environmental consequences of a public transit shutdown. At the... More
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 problem. Published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the study found a consistent relationship between higher temperatures and higher risk... More
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 done under the Program for Climate and Health to foster more projects, training, collaborations, and research translation. This cross-disciplinary endeavor... More
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 the Climate and Health team from BUSPH were featured including Patrica Fabian, Madeleine Scammell, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Pat Kinney, Kevin Lane... More
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 in investing in clean transportation infrastructure through higher rates of physical activity. Raifman says, "Our study suggests that if all... More
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 of Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology focusing on the effects of climate change on reproductive, perinatal or pediatric health outcomes. The... More
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 ozone levels. Kinney highlights the importance of mitigations efforts moving forward saying, "we will need to do even more to... More