Connecting NASA Data and Tools with Health and Air Quality Stakeholders
Biography HAQAST Project: Data-driven Forecasts of Hazardous Air Quality Events over North America Daniel’s team will work to improve our collective predictability of high-impact events, such as wildfires, dust storms, and volcanic eruptions, through emission data assimilation (EDA) and multi-model ensemble forecasting, in order to mitigate harmful effects on human health and the economy. Project …
Biography For the past 16 years. I’ve researched how the physical environment influences human health and well-being. I co-authored the CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects framework. I frequently work with health departments to understand and adapt to climate change. HAQAST Project: Evaluating Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies on Diurnal Heat Exposure and Health Outcomes …
Biography Qian Xiao is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences in the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. Her research focuses on understanding the health consequences of sleep deficiency and circadian dysfunction by integrating factors at the individual, biological and contextual levels. She has a particular …