Summary
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Understanding the impact of global climate changes on emerging infectious diseases is of critical urgency and significance. The current COVID-19 pandemic illustrates how devastating novel viral infection can be to human health and the global economy. This project is focused on the effects of natural and man-made disasters (e.g., environmental pollution) on the redistribution of environmental toxicants in the environment that provides the hazard to the health of exposed communities. Specifically, on the susceptibility to emerging infectious diseases, which provide one of the biggest threats to human health and the global economy. The long-term goal is to provide solutions that increase public health resilience advancing knowledge through the proposed work on combating the effect of climate change and natural disasters on pollution and the emergence of pathogens.
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Team
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Michal Toborek (Biochemistry), Sylvia Daunert (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), Sapna Deo (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), Natasha Schaefer-Solle (Medical Oncology), Brian Haus (Ocean Sciences), Marc Knecht (Chemistry), Mitsunori Ogihara (Computer Science), Alberto Caban-Martínez (Public Health Sciences), Dushyantha Jayaweera (Clinical Translational Research and Infectious Diseases), Ali Habashi (Cinematic Arts), Bryan Page (Anthropology)
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