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Boston University School of Public Health, 31 January 2025
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Professor Awarded $3.2M Grant to Expand Urban Heat Research
Patricia Fabian and her team will raise awareness of heat-related health risks, elevate city residents’ experiences, and synthesize the effects of local policies on heat mitigation and health in frontline US communities.
Wellcome, a charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom, has granted Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health, a $3.2 million Climate Impacts Award to expand the scope of her ongoing research on extreme heat and health.
Over the next three years, Fabian will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers from across Boston University, including faculty, staff, and students from SPH’s Center for Climate and Health (CCH), the BU Initiative on Cities (IOC), the BU Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), and the BU URBAN graduate studies program. Together, they will collaborate with non-profits Dialogue Earth and A Better City (ABC) to raise public awareness of heat-related health risks and identify solutions that enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities to extreme temperatures.