This $3,820,922 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will establish a Climate Change and Health Center focused on a "community-driven, health-first approach to climate action and the energy transition." The center's key innovations include developing a scenario health risk model for energy policy decision-making, conducting a pilot study on the impacts of climate change...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, will establish the Cincinnati Climate Change and Health Research Center (C3HRC) at the University of Cincinnati. The $1,354,820 award, provided over 3 years from September 2024 to August 2027, will support research to examine the health impacts of climate change-driven exposures to heat, pathogens, and environmental toxicants, and develop...
This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...
The University of Southern California (USC) received a $4,107,072 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on September 17, 2024, will fund the "CLIMATE-RELATED EXPOSURES, ADAPTATION, AND HEALTH EQUITY (CLIMA) CENTER" project. The center aims to build a transdisciplinary research community and infrastructure to advance solution-oriented climate...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will establish the "ONE-EARTH ONE-HEALTH: AN ECOSYSTEM FOR HUMAN-CENTERED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS" Research Coordination Network. The network aims to advance a new "geohealth" science that studies the interconnections between Earth processes and human health, with the goal of developing human-centered, implementable solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on public...
This $1,277,933 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (CFDA 93.113 Environmental Health program) supports the University of Washington (UW) Research and Engagement on Adaptation for Climate and Health (REACH) Center. The REACH Center will leverage implementation science to advance evidence-based climate change adaptation interventions in the health sector. Key products and services to be delivered include: Development of a Climate and Health Risk Tool...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $7,698,402 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to Brown University to establish the "Climate, Health, and Aging Innovation and Research Solutions for Communities (CHAIRS-C)" center. The center aims to advance science on the adverse health impacts of climate change, particularly for aging populations, and develop solutions to promote healthy aging. Key objectives...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $2,606,390 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to Cornell University and the University of Pretoria to establish the Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research on Climate, Health and Equity in a Changing Environment (C-CHANGE). The 3-year award, effective September 2024, aims to conduct community-engaged research integrating human, reservoir and vector behavior,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, will support research investigating the impacts of environmental exposures, such as heat stress and wildfire smoke, on cardiovascular health over the life course. The $781,268 award to the University of Southern California will enable a longitudinal study of 400 young adults, analyzing how exposures from childhood to early adulthood...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, provides $315,682 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop evaluation and implementation frameworks for heat-health warning systems. The goal is to assess the effectiveness of existing heat warning systems and inform when and where to issue heat alerts to maximize public health benefits, particularly...