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Bringing ���ӽ紫ý 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 Discovery 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 ���ӽ紫ý 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 ���ӽ紫ý 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, ���ӽ紫ý

Opening Remarks (���ӽ紫ý)

• Lori Hunter, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, ���ӽ紫ý

Opening Remarks (CU Anschutz)

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

Perspective

• James Rattling Leaf, Associate Vice Chancellor for Native American Affairs

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,”��������, 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,”��������, 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,”��������, 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,”��������Cresten Mansfeldt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, ���ӽ紫ý
• “Airborne Transmission and the Health Impacts of Air Cleaners,” ������Jose Jimenez, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, Institute Fellow with Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), ���ӽ紫ý

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

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

Closing Remarks

• Lori Hunter, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, ���ӽ紫ý

Lunch & Breakout Groups/Concurrent Discussions Over Lunch

Registered participants will be invited to select a breakout group to join.Health Consequences of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations

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

Led ������Karen 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, ���ӽ紫ý

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

Led ������, 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 ������Denis Muthike, PhD, Research Associate,��Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience, ���ӽ紫ý

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

Led ������, PhD, Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), ���ӽ紫ý

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