AB Nexus Climate Change & Human Health Teaming Event

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Bringing CU Boulder and CU Anschutz researchers together to advance our understanding of the effects of climate change on human health and wellness

  • Date and Time: Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 11 a.m.—2 p.m. MT
  • Location: Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex (SEEC), Room C120, 4001 鶹Ƶy Drive, Boulder, CO 80303
    • Breakout Rooms located in SEEC ABCD, S149, S249, S140 and S124

, an initiative that promotes collaborative intercampus research on human health among CU Boulder and CU Anschutz researchers, is hosting a special teaming event that will highlight emerging federal funding opportunities on climate change and human health (featuring program officers from NIH and NSF), showcase some of CU’s top researchers on climate change and health, and announce internal CU seed funding available through AB Nexus on this topic.The event will also provide CU Anschutz and CU Boulder researchers an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas, identify collaborators, and form teams to pursue innovative research projects that address the effects of climate change on our health.

This is a hybrid event that will be followed by lunch and concurrent breakout group sessions.

Event Program

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Massimo Ruzzene, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, CU Boulder

Opening Remarks (CU Boulder)

  • Lori Hunter, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, CU Boulder

Opening Remarks (CU Anschutz)

  • , MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, CU Anschutz School of Medicine, and Co-Director, Colorado Climate Change & Health Consortium

Perspective

Federal Funding Landscape Presentations & Panel Discussion

  • Panel Moderator:, PhD, CSPH, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health
  • Speakers/Panel Members:
    • , PhD, NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Climate Change & Health Initiative
    • , PhD, NIH National Institute on Aging, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, Climate Change & Health Initiative
    • , PhD, NSF Directorate for Geosciences, Capacity Building to Catalyze Collaborations to Address Climate Change Impacts on Human Health

Lightning Talks

  • “Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Mental Health: Intervention Research, Gaps, and Future Directions,”by, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of,, Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH)
  • “Infectious Disease Cohort Studies in Rural, Southwest Guatemala: Opportunities for Climate-Related Collaborative Research,”by, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, CU Anschutz Medical Campus & Colorado School of Public Health
  • “Impact of Climate Change on Rural Populations,”by, PhD, MSPH, MSCE, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Health, Work & Environment
  • Measuring and Monitoring for Solutions to Vector-Borne Illness,”byCresten Mansfeldt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, CU Boulder
  • “Airborne Transmission and the Health Impacts of Air Cleaners,” byJose Jimenez, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, Institute Fellow with Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), CU Boulder

Seed Funding—AB Nexus Spring 2024 Special Track: Climate Change & Human Health

  • Lisa Nanstad, CU Boulder AB Nexus Lead, Research Development Strategist, Research & Innovation Office, CU Boulder
  • AB Nexus Awardees:Wei Zhang, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, CU Boulder &, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Medicine, CU Anschutz

Closing Remarks

  • Lori Hunter, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, CU Boulder

Lunch & Breakout Groups/Concurrent Discussions Over Lunch

Registered participants will be invited to select a breakout group to join.

Led by, MD, MA, Distinguished Professor, Department of environmental and Occupational Health and Department of Epidemiology, Investigator with the, and Director of the, Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH)

Led by, PhD, NSF Directorate for Geosciences,, National Science Foundation

Led byKaren Bailey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Institute for Behavioral Sciences (IBS), Center for African and African American Studies,Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience, CU Boulder

Led by, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of,, Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH)

Led by, MD, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Director of Colorado Undergraduate Research in Environmental Health Sciences Program, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Led by, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health and (CSPH) and Researcher at National Jewish Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Led by, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH)

Led by, PhD, Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), CU Boulder

Led by, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition