The virtual Center for Aging, Climate, and Health aims to facilitate research and foster collaborations among a wide-range of researchers working at the nexus of aging, health and climate change through targeted interdisciplinary training, information sharing, and investments in research support. Through these objectives, CACHE improves understanding of the public health consequences of environmental conditions and change of the 21st century.
What’s new
Pre-PAA Workshop: “Disaster Data for Demographic Research”
April 10 | 3:00-6:00 PM EST | Washington, D.C. (Pre-PAA Event)
FEMA Disaster Declaration Summaries available at county scale
Disaster Declarations Summaries is a summarized dataset describing all federally declared disasters…
Impact of Extreme Weather on Hard-to-Capture, Vulnerable Populations: Evidence from Hart Island — New York’s Public Burial Ground
Frank W. Heiland, Deborah Balk, Selen Ozdogan, Jennifer Brite, Peter Marcotullio and Christian Braneon
We examine the association between weather extremes and persons buried in the nation’s largest indigent burial ground—Hart Island, New York, where more than one million unclaimed individuals are interred…
How do Extreme Environmental Events Impact Cognitive Health among Older Adults?
Drs. Jessica Finlay, Yue Sun, and Michael Esposito
This project examines how extreme environmental events are associated with cognitive health among older Americans…
A framework for ageing and health vulnerabilities in a changing climate
Jenna F. Tipaldo, Deborah Balk, Lori M. Hunter
Nature climate change | Published: 15 October 2024
