Principal Investigators

  • Francesca Dominici, PhD

    Co-Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative; Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science

    research methodology, environmental justice, sociodemographic vulnerability

  • Greg Wellenius, SCD

    Professor, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health; Core Faculty, URBAN

    climate and health epidemiology, climate and health outcomes, extreme weather events

  • Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD

    Assistant Professor, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health; Core Faculty, URBAN

    climate and health epidemiology, health disparities, compound events, mental health

Meet the Team

  • Michelle Audirac, MSc

    Data Management Team

    Senior Programmer, Harvard School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics

    data integration

  • Sonia Barbosa, BSN

    Data Management Team

    Manager of Data Curation, Harvard Dataverse; Manager, Murray Research Archive, Institute of Quantitative Social Science

    qualitative data, human subjects data, health disparities

  • Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH

    Lecturer, Capacity Building Team

    Primary Care Physician; Director of Education and Policy, Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE)

    climate change program design, climate policy, education evaluation

  • Elaine Bertolini, MA, MPH

    Research Program Manager

    disasters, mental health, climate and health epidemiology

  • Danielle Braun, PhD

    Co-lead, Data Management Function

    Principal Research Scientist, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics, Department of Data Science

    climate and health epidemiology, data integration, health effects research

  • Joshua Cetron, PhD

    Data Management Team

    Data Science Specialist, Institute of Quantitative Social Science

    research methodology, multidisciplinary research, data integration

  • Emma Gause, MA, MS

    Data Management Team

    Research Scientist, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health

    climate and health epidemiology, extreme temperatures, research methodology

  • Stefano Iacus, PhD

    Data Management Team

    Senior Research Scientist and Director of Data Science and Product Research HSPH/IQSS

  • Hannah Kim

    Communications Specialist

    community engagement, communication research, climate & health outcome

  • Pat Kinney, ScD

    Co-lead, Capacity Building Function

    Professor, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health; Faculty, URBAN

    air pollution, climate change and health co-benefit, environmental health

  • Kevin Lane, PhD

    Co-lead, Data Management Function

    Assistant Professor, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health; Core Faculty, URBAN

    exposure, climate health epidemiology, data integration

  • Jonathan Levy, PhD

    Co-lead for Pilot Grant Program, Capacity Building Function

    Professor and Chair, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health; Associate Director, URBAN

    air pollution, climate change and health co-benefits, environmental justice

  • Rachel Nethery, PhD

    Co-lead, Capacity Building Function

    Assistant Professor, Harvard SPH Department of Biostatistics

    disaster preparedness, health equity, natural experiment

  • Lilly Nichols

    Research Program Manager

    birth outcomes, climate change and health co-benefit, climate preparedness

  • Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, PhD

    Co-lead, Resource Function

    Executive Director, Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability

    climate justice, renewable energy, implementation science

  • Zach Popp

    Data Management Team

    Research Data Analyst, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health

    Epidemiology, Data Integration, Exposure Assessment

  • Benjamin Sovacool, PhD

    Co-lead, Resource Function

    Professor, BU Department of Earth & Environment; Director, Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability

  • Keith Spangler, PhD

    Data Management Team

    Research Scientist, BUSPH Department of Environmental Health

    climate and health epidemiology , exposure assessment, social determinants of health

  • Pamela Templer, PhD

    Co-lead for Pilot Grant Program, Capacity Building Team

    Professor and Chair, BU Department of Biology; Director, URBAN

    air pollution, climate change, ecosystem-based adaptation