Basic and Applied Research<\/h1><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHealth Equity in the Wake of Continued Climate Change<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/climateandhealth\/files\/2025\/07\/popp_projection_person_degrees.png\")
Led by Professors Gregory Wellenius<\/a> and Lucy Hutyra<\/a>, this Focused Research Program (FRP) aims to foster and reinforce collaboration across BU, seed innovative new research, and accelerate the pace of research and translation in climate and health.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nMesoAmerican Nephropathy Occupational Exposures (MANOS)<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/climateandhealth\/files\/2025\/07\/sugarcanelaborers_7245021-636x421.jpg\")
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\nLed by Professors Madeleine Scammell<\/a> and Jessica Leibler,\u00a0 <\/a>MANOS is a longitudinal study of heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney injury and disease among workers from diverse industries in El Salvador and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Jovenes-Nica<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/climateandhealth\/files\/2025\/07\/SPAN_logo-636x3001-1.png\")
Led by Professors Jessica Leibler<\/a> and Madeleine Scammell, <\/a>the Jovenes-Nica Study considers heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney health in adolescents in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nEnvironmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP <\/a><\/h3>\nProfessors Kayoko Shioda<\/a>, David Hamer, and Gregory Wellenius<\/a> are helping improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow Can We Better Manage the Urban Heat with (Re)Development Choices?<\/h3>\n
Health Equity in the Wake of Continued Climate Change<\/a><\/h3>\nLed by Professors Gregory Wellenius<\/a> and Lucy Hutyra<\/a>, this Focused Research Program (FRP) aims to foster and reinforce collaboration across BU, seed innovative new research, and accelerate the pace of research and translation in climate and health.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nMesoAmerican Nephropathy Occupational Exposures (MANOS)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/a>
\nLed by Professors Madeleine Scammell<\/a> and Jessica Leibler,\u00a0 <\/a>MANOS is a longitudinal study of heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney injury and disease among workers from diverse industries in El Salvador and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Jovenes-Nica<\/a><\/h3>\nLed by Professors Jessica Leibler<\/a> and Madeleine Scammell, <\/a>the Jovenes-Nica Study considers heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney health in adolescents in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nEnvironmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP <\/a><\/h3>\nProfessors Kayoko Shioda<\/a>, David Hamer, and Gregory Wellenius<\/a> are helping improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow Can We Better Manage the Urban Heat with (Re)Development Choices?<\/h3>\n
Led by Professors Gregory Wellenius<\/a> and Lucy Hutyra<\/a>, this Focused Research Program (FRP) aims to foster and reinforce collaboration across BU, seed innovative new research, and accelerate the pace of research and translation in climate and health.\n<\/div><\/p>\n
MesoAmerican Nephropathy Occupational Exposures (MANOS)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/a>
\nLed by Professors Madeleine Scammell<\/a> and Jessica Leibler,\u00a0 <\/a>MANOS is a longitudinal study of heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney injury and disease among workers from diverse industries in El Salvador and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/div><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Jovenes-Nica<\/a><\/h3>\nLed by Professors Jessica Leibler<\/a> and Madeleine Scammell, <\/a>the Jovenes-Nica Study considers heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney health in adolescents in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/div><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nEnvironmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP <\/a><\/h3>\nProfessors Kayoko Shioda<\/a>, David Hamer, and Gregory Wellenius<\/a> are helping improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow Can We Better Manage the Urban Heat with (Re)Development Choices?<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\nLed by Professors Madeleine Scammell<\/a> and Jessica Leibler,\u00a0 <\/a>MANOS is a longitudinal study of heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney injury and disease among workers from diverse industries in El Salvador and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
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<\/div><\/p>\n
Jovenes-Nica<\/a><\/h3>\nLed by Professors Jessica Leibler<\/a> and Madeleine Scammell, <\/a>the Jovenes-Nica Study considers heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney health in adolescents in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/div><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nEnvironmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP <\/a><\/h3>\nProfessors Kayoko Shioda<\/a>, David Hamer, and Gregory Wellenius<\/a> are helping improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow Can We Better Manage the Urban Heat with (Re)Development Choices?<\/h3>\n
Led by Professors Jessica Leibler<\/a> and Madeleine Scammell, <\/a>the Jovenes-Nica Study considers heat and other environmental risk factors for kidney health in adolescents in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/div><\/p>\n
Environmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP <\/a><\/h3>\nProfessors Kayoko Shioda<\/a>, David Hamer, and Gregory Wellenius<\/a> are helping improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.
\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow Can We Better Manage the Urban Heat with (Re)Development Choices?<\/h3>\n
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