CHanGE members pursue research in all areas of global environmental change and health. The center focuses on applied research and the development of practical applications and decision support tools. The goal of CHanGE’s research to action program is to build a robust evidence base to identify what actions are needed, where they are needed most, and how to implement needed interventions at scale in order to protect people’s health and wellbeing as the climate changes.
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Postdoctoral Researcher In Climate and Health Adaptation
Research Coordinator
Recent products:
Climate Health and Risk Tool (CHaRT)
The Climate Health and Risk Tool provides an interactive way to explore how a variety of climatic, environmental, social, and economic factors contribute to climate-related hazards faced by communities. This information helps decision makers and community members develop plans to protect communities and public health under changing climate-related environmental conditions.
Research
CHanGE research focuses on documenting climate change health impacts from a diverse range of exposures, determining the communities most at risk, developing and testing interventions to protect health, communicating risks clearly effectively, and implementing proven strategies. From changes in the pollen season to sea level rise, from micronutrients to food systems, from early warnings to outbreak response, our experts are working across the globe to build evidence for action.
Current Projects
Research and Engagement on Adaptation for Climate and Health (REACH) - NIH (click to read more)
- This new Center will focus on using implementation science and the CHaRT tool to help bridge the gap between public health practice and climate science.
Policy-relevant future scenarios of population health and health systems - Wellcome
- This exciting award partners CHanGE with IIASA, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, in Austria, to expand and broaden future climate change projections to include health and health impacts.
Decision Support
CHanGE members are committed to taking research to action and applying our research findings to maximize health protection around the world. CHanGE members develop and implement a wide range of tools, including vulnerability and adaptation assessments to guide public health decision making, health impact assessments to guide mitigation policy, and stress testing to identify and help address weak points in health system preparedness
CHanGE's goal is to develop decision support resources and engage in climate and health risk assessment and risk management activities with practice partners. Risk assessment activities include hazard and vulnerability assessment and mapping, hazard mitigation planning, comparative risk assessment, and health impact assessment. Risk management activities include hazard mitigation planning, policy analysis and policymaker engagement, and community engagement regarding prioritization and implementation. Our efforts are focused on three areas, all in multiple geographies:
- Develop tools to visualize and communicate climate change health risks,
- Develop scenario-based projections demonstrating risk management potential, and
- Engage and support policy development and decision making related to climate and health.
Current Projects
Climate and Health Adaptation Mapping Project for Community Determined Solutions (CHAMP-CDS) - King County & Gates Ventures
- Working with the City of Auburn, Public Health Seattle-King County (PHSKC) and CHanGE are working with community members to determine solutions for heat-related health impacts.