I am a PhD student at Emory University examining the health effects of climate change with a focus on floods, heat, and human movement.
Floods are one of the most common extreme weather events.
As climate change worsens, floods continue to cause physical, social, economic, and health damages around the world. Utilizing empirical data and models, we aim to quantify the health damages to advocate for better resilience for those most vulnerable.
Heat exposure results in over 300,000 deaths each year.
Extreme heat is expected to become more frequent as climate change worsens. Heat exposure has been linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, and other health outcomes. We use novel data streams to more accurately capture an individual’s heat exposure.
Migration is an expected adaptation response to climate change.
Displacement of people can disrupt communities and endanger their well-being. Using a systems approach, we use mathematical models to understand how human travel and mobility affects the spread of infectious disease and other health outcomes. We explore their implications under future scenarios of climate migration.