This week, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Darryl B. Hood,  received a new grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support research analyzing the impact of climate change-related chemical and non-chemical stressor exposures on the health outcomes of Columbus residents.

The interdisciplinary team, which includes researchers across Ohio State and additional Ohio-based community stakeholders, was awarded $1.29 million for the three-year project. The project will focus on air contaminant monitoring via an open-sourced platform in neighborhoods identified as vulnerable census tracts on Columbus’ Near East Side and Linden. The team hopes to gain a better understanding of how underserved communities in Ohio and beyond face disparate health outcomes stemming from interactions of stressors in the built, natural, physical and social environment.

-Ohio State University College of Public Health

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