Dr. Carlos Martín discusses innovating housing design, green housing, disaster mitigation, intersections of environmental and construction quality in housing with racial equity and income disparity, and touch on solutions.
Dr. Armen Henderson and Moriah Washington discuss the effects extreme weather events and report on how NYC is working to strengthen communities by implementing solutions to emergency response.
Dr. Tanya Khemet Taiwo provides a background on psychosocial stress and its association with racism, and Dr. Venise Curry discusses community psychiatry and inequities existing in various communities.
Dr. Armen Henderson discusses the effects that disasters have on disadvantaged communities and his program to engage health professionals in responding, while Moriah Washington reports on culturally specific solutions.
October 8, 2021 | Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali Adapting to climate change is not a question for the distant future. Communities are facing the impacts of a changing climate today. Growing floodplains, wildfire seasons, extreme weather, and unfamiliar vector-borne diseases...
August 13, 2021 | Dr. Annelle Primm As many of you know, historical displacement, disenfranchisement, and exploitation have put many communities of color in the direct path of the climate crisis. Climate change magnifies the underlying stressors of racism and poverty...
Dr. Cheryl Holder and Jeannie Economos discuss how to protect health and build equity through urban and rural heat resilience.