Research

Objectives

Climate change affects health through complex mechanisms that include shifts in the global atmosphere, in regional ecology, in social structures, and in human exposures and behaviors. Our research aims to elucidate these mechanisms, to identify the precise role that climate plays in long-term health trends, and to project future impacts by modeling plausible climate scenarios.

We also study the local health benefits that can be achieved when actions are taken to reduce greenhouse pollutants, such as CO2, methane, and black carbon.  Many policies that reduce emissions of such pollutants also deliver immediate and localized environmental co-benefits, such as lower rates of asthma. The Program is developing and applying new methods to assess health co-benefits of emerging climate mitigation policies at local, regional, and global  scales.

Projects

Geohealth Hub for Research and Training in Eastern Africa - U.S.

Investigator: Kiros Berhane (PI), Darby Jack (Co-PI)
Funded by: Fogarty International Center

Combating Household Air Pollution With Clean Energy

Investigator: Darby Jack (PI)
Funded by: Columbia World Projects

Child Lung Development Following a Cookstove Intervention: Evidence from GRAPHS

Investigator: Darby Jack (PI)
Funded by: NIEHS

Early Life Household Air Pollution, Metal Composition and Cardiovascular Health: Evidence from GRAPHS

Investigator: Darby Jack (Co-PI)
Funded by: NIEHS

Integrating Air Pollution Prediction Models: Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Health Studies

Investigator: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou (PI)
Funded by: NIEHS

Air Pollution and Pregnancy loss

Investigator: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou (PI)
Funded by: NIEHS

UNCOVER: Underlying Novel Causes of Onset of Very Early Cancer Research

Investigator: Wan Yang (PI)
Funded by: NCI

Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Study SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics and Predict COVID-19 Outcomes

Investigator: Wan Yang (PI), Jeffrey Shaman (Co-PI)
Funded by: NIAID

Enhancing the Impact of the Three CCCEH Birth Cohorts Within the ECHO Consortium in Year 7

Investigator: Frederica Perera (Co-PI)
Funded by: NIH

Identifying Newborns at Risk of Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Obesity from Air Pollution

Investigator: Frederica Perera (Co-PI)
Funded by: NIH

To Maintain and Enrich Resource Infrastructure for Existing Environmental Epidemiology Cohorts

Investigator: Frederica Perera (Co-PI)
Funded by: NIEHS