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The Director of the Center for Climate and Health Receives Beverly A. Brown Professorship
The Director of the Center for Climate and Health, Dr. Gregory Wellenius, has been named the Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health. The Beverly A. Brown professorship, a multidisciplinary position dedicated to addressing health disparities among urban populations, aims to highlight and advance the efforts of an... More
Communicating Extreme Heat Health Risks with Local News Orgs
Much of the United States has declared multiple heat advisories so far this summer. Ahead of the first heat wave in New England, Patricia Fabian joined the NPR show "All Things Considered" to discuss the ways in which extreme heat can affect vulnerable populations, and how best to prepare and... More
New Data Visualization: Where Will Extreme Heat Hit Hardest by 2050?
A new study led by CCH Research Data Analyst Zach Popp uses applied statistical and geospatial methods to map the intersections of shifting demographics, including social vulnerabilities, with increased warming predicted for mid-century across the US. This novel research combines methodology from climate science to understand future heat extremes, demography... More
Federal Cuts at FEMA and NOAA Threaten Disaster Response Ahead of Hurricane Season
Forecasters are predicting an "above-normal" hurricane season in the Atlantic for 2025, while workforce cuts driven by the Trump Administration at federal agencies FEMA and NOAA will affect disaster response. “Reducing the staff that are working to make weather forecasts more accurate and effective, while also making cuts to the... More
CCH Co-hosts Symposium “Climate, Biogeoscience, and Health: Transformative Science to Real-World Action”
With support from the Hariri Institute, the Center for Climate and Health and the BU URBAN program co-hosted a symposium on December, 6 2024 to showcase leading research at the intersection of climate change and human health drawn from across Boston University with particular focus on BU research that is... More
Researchers Join Panel to Discuss Northeast Wildfires
After an exceptionally dry season, wildfires have broken out across areas of the northeast. The fires have spurred school cancellations in some towns and caused poor air quality in communities that are not used to dealing with effects of wildfires. The Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of... More
CCH Affiliates Present Case Studies for the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast Seminar
Faculty and staff from the Boston University (BU) Center for Climate and Health showcased the depth and breadth of their research for the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN), a NOAA funded Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP/RISA) program. CCRUN convenes a strong network of climate research and subject... More
Projections of Heat Exposure on Global Aging Populations
In a warming world with an aging population, the number of older adults vulnerable to extreme heat is expected to grow rapidly. A new study published in Nature Communications developed population projections for different age groups and combined them with climate change scenarios for the coming decades. The study... More
CCH Affiliates Secure Pilot Funding to Study Heat Vulnerability
Several CCH affiliates have been awarded pilot funding for climate and health work recently. CCH research scientists Chad Milando and Emma Gause, and Kipruto Kirwa (Environmental Health) were awarded an early stage urban research award from BU’s Initiative on Cities (IOC) to study the effect of historical redlining on heat... More
Ambient Ozone and Children’s Health
A new study from CCH affiliates, including lead author Dr. Jen Stowell, found that higher ozone levels during warm months were associated with increased emergency department visits among children for various health issues, including asthma, allergies, ear disorders, and general illnesses. Previous studies of adults have linked increased exposure with... More