Health risks linked to climate change, air pollution, extreme weather, and natural disasters.
Project Overview
The Health-Atmosphere Nexus Group (HANG) investigates health risks linked to climate change, air pollution, extreme weather, and natural disasters from local to global scales. HANG is committed to enhancing health equity and promoting environmental justice.
Recent projects include: combining remote sensing, machine learning, and low-cost sensors to assess global (NASA HAQAST) and regional (NSF) wildfire exposure; quantifying the effects of PM2.5 chemical components on cardiovascular disease (NIH NIEHS); advancing health equity and environmental justice in under-resourced and overburdened communities (NASA EEJ); and applying multi-angle remote sensors to support environmental health research (NASA JPL).
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health