Health

More Heat Exposure and Fewer Cooling Options for People of Color in Connecticut

A study from Yale School of the Environment researchers demonstrates that communities of color in Connecticut cities face rising heat with fewer cooling resources, highlighting urgent environmental justice concerns.

Humidity May Increase Heat Risk in Urban Climates

Exercising for the Environment: Measuring Air Quality and Heat Stress with Bike-Mounted Sensors

An innovative cross-faculty project at Yale seeks to gather environmental data using sensors mounted on public and private bicycles.

JD, Senior Associate Dean of Professional Practice; Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy, Yale School of the Environment and Yale School of Management, Co-Director, Center for Business and Environment at Yale; Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment

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James Hassell

PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health

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Albert Icksang Ko

MD, Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Danya Keene

PhD, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health

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Jodi Sherman

MD. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology in Yale School of Medicine, Founding Director of Healthcare Environmental Sustainability in the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, Medical Director of Sustainability in Yale New Haven Health System

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