Matias Korfmacher

ORCID: 0009-0003-0895-866X
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Research Areas
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

University of Washington
2022-2025

Theodore Roosevelt High School
2024

Objective The 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome was Washington state’s deadliest recorded weather event and presented unprecedented response challenges to the health sector. Understanding impacts of this extreme (EHE) on sector as well barriers facilitators implementing effective is critical preparing for future events, which are happening more frequently in region due climate change. Design Guided by an implementation science framework, we convened listening sessions focus groups western...

10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089093 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMJ Open 2025-04-01

On January 15, 2022, the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai (Tonga) volcano erupted and triggered a tsunami forecasted to reach North America. This event provided unique opportunity investigate risk perception communication among coastal emergency managers program coordinators (EMs). In response, this research explores 1) how can be communicated most effectively 2) perceptions associated with "distant" alerts warnings affect EMs' willingness issue alerts. A purposive sample of EMs (n=21) in U.S....

10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104560 article EN cc-by International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2024-05-16

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10.2139/ssrn.4665178 preprint EN 2023-01-01

Background and Aim: Environmental health research in the aftermath of disaster is necessary to learn about short- long-term consequences, as well response recovery strategy effectiveness. However,several relational, logistical administrative barriers facing necessitate intentional collaborative planning among researchers, practitioners, funding agencies, communities. In response, University Washington (UW) National Institute Health Sciences (NIEHS) co-designed a "Disaster Research Response"...

10.1289/isee.2022.p-0573 article EN ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022-09-18
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