A5031206904- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Global Health Care Issues
- Disaster Response and Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Columbia University
2012-2021
Earth Island Institute
2014-2017
University of London
2014
Background: Heat is recognized as one of the deadliest weather-related phenomena. Although impact high temperatures on mortality has been a subject extensive research, few previous studies have assessed population adaptation to heat. Methods: We examined patterns by analyzing daily temperature and data spanning more than century in New York City. Using distributed-lag nonlinear model, we analyzed heat-mortality relation adults age 15 years or older City during 2 periods: 1900–1948 1973–2006,...
Extreme heat events are associated with spikes in mortality, yet death rates on average highest during the coldest months of year. Under assumption that most winter excess mortality is due to cold temperature, many previous studies have concluded will substantially decline a warming climate. We analyzed whether and what extent temperatures across multiple cities over years within individual cities, using daily temperature data from 36 US (1985–2006) 3 French (1971–2007). Comparing we found...
High temperatures have substantial impacts on mortality and, with growing concerns about climate change, numerous studies developed projections of future heat-related deaths around the world. Projections temperature-related are often limited by insufficient information to formulate hypotheses population sensitivity high and demographics.The present study derived in New York City taking into account patterns adaptation or demographic both which can profound influences health burdens.We...
There is a widespread awareness that the uneven distribution of climate change impacts combined with preexisting social and economic challenges makes some communities more vulnerable than others (Reckien et al., 2018; IPCC, 2014; Leichenko 2011). also growing recognition need for inclusion community perspectives, viewpoints, exigencies into adaptation decision making planning (Chu 2016). The concept equity relates to through inequalities in vulnerabilities, as well involvement planning. It...
Increased heat-related mortality is projected to be among the major impacts of climate change on human health, and United States urban Northeast region likely particularly vulnerable. In support regional adaptation planning, quantitative information needed potential future health responses at scales. Here, we present projections in Boston, New York Philadelphia utilizing downscaled next-generation models Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) developed Intergovernmental Panel Climate...
Understanding how heat waves affect morbidity and mortality, as well the associated economic costs, is essential for characterizing human health impacts of extreme under a changing climate. Only handful studies have examined healthcare costs with exposures to high temperatures. This research explores hospitalizations heat-related illness (HRI) in United States using 2001 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). Descriptive statistics patient data HRI were reported all-payer inpatient...
The physico-chemical properties relevant to the equilibrium partitioning (bioconcentration) of chemicals between organisms and their respired media water air are reviewed illustrated for that range in hydrophobicity. Relationships then explored freely dissolved external concentrations such as LC50s chemical one important toxicity mechanism, namely baseline or narcosis. 'activity hypothesis' proposed by Ferguson 1939 provides a coherent compelling explanation both water- air-respiring...
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in United States, and number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly urban areas. Regional adaptation planning unfortunately often limited by lack quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study presents an assessment impacts climate change mortality 12 cities using 16 global models, driven two scenarios greenhouse gas emissions. Although magnitude projected heat effects was...
The mixture of socio-economic classes, ethnicities, and cultures that characterizes many cosmopolitan urban areas can contribute to unequally perceived impacts extreme weather events and, hence, need responsibility for adaptation. Awareness these differences is, as we argue, decisive effective This study explores the relationship between person-specific, characteristics are frequently associated with social vulnerability perception current affectedness by events, future impact severity well...
Background The 1918 influenza pandemic caused disproportionately high mortality among certain age groups. mechanisms underlying these differences are not fully understood. Objectives To explore the dynamics of and to identify potential age-specific transmission patterns. Methods We examined 1915–1923 daily data in New York City (NYC) estimated outbreak duration initial effective reproductive number (Re) for each 1-year cohort. Results Four waves occurred from February April 1920. fractional...
5.1 Coastal storms and flooding 5.2 Extreme heat 5.3 Air pollution, aeroallergens, vector-borne, water-borne, food-borne diseases 5.4 Resiliency recommendations 5.5 Research 5.6 Looking ahead Recent experience from Hurricane Sandy high-temperature episodes has clearly demonstrated that the health of New Yorkers can be compromised by extreme coastal events. Health impacts result exposure to weather events include direct loss life, increases in respiratory cardiovascular diseases, mental...
This study characterizes trends in the frequency and characteristics of terrorist attacks child-serving educational institutions around world, examining specific vulnerabilies children schools with regard to violence, as well various impacts that violence has on children, communities, societies. Following analysis available data against institutions, vulnerabilities, impacts, concludes a discussion what still needs be understood intersection child vulnerability terrorism, provides...
Climate change poses many challenges to infrastructure in New York City. This chapter builds upon the work on climate and critical systems presented first second Panel Change (NPCC) reports (NPCC, 2010, 2015), provides new directions, updates, considerations. Key concepts definitions for resilience vulnerability are found Box 7.1. NPCC (2010) covered by inventorying selected City facilities their change. Vulnerabilities were described primarily terms of outages other disruptions, a wide...
Introduction: Recent investigations have reported a decline in the heat-related mortality risk during last decades. However, these studies are frequently based on modelling approaches that do not fully characterize complex temperature-mortality relationship, and limited to single cities or countries. In this contribution, we investigate issue using multi-country data set flexible techniques. Methods: We collected daily time series of temperature all-cause for 272 locations 7 countries, with...
This paper examines the physical and mental health of children following Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS). A multi-stage sampling design was used to select households for inclusion in study. Data were obtained from parental interviews (n = 720) harder-hit areas Louisiana US Gulf Coast. Three out five parents reported that their child had experienced symptoms nearly one third issues since spill. Both direct exposure indirect economic found be predictors among children. Our findings...
This study aimed to examine a range of factors influencing the long-term recovery New York City residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.In series logistic regressions, we analyzed data from survey assess self-reported status Sandy.General health, displacement home, and household income had substantial influences on recovery. Individuals with excellent or fair health were more likely have recovered than individuals poor health. Those high middle those low income. Also, who not experienced...
Federal funding for health and medical preparedness in the USA has created an important foundation preparing systems to respond a wide range of hazards. A declining trend these activities threatens undo progress that been made over last decade reduce state readiness impacts disasters.
To enhance the preparedness of US schools to acts terrorism and mass violence, landscape threats against must first be understood. This includes exploring global trends schools, as well looking specifically at history violence domestically. paper conducts a review two databases in order look carried out provides recommendations for domestic school based on this information.