Researchers found differences in how respiratory syncytial virus spreads among children in rural versus urban communities and concluded that year-round immunizations would minimize risks of large seasonal outbreaks.
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Center for Climate, Environment and Health
Rachel Baker
John and Elizabeth Irving Family Assistant Professor of Climate Health, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Environment and Society
Biography
Baker studies the implications of climate change for human health with a particular focus on infectious disease through a combination of statistical inference and mechanistic disease modeling. Her work has been published in several journals including Science, PNAS, Nature Communications and Climatic Change and featured in media outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED Magazine and Scientific American.
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Symptoms of a Warming World
Fusing public health with environmental science, new faculty at Brown are pioneering methods that reveal how climate change is threatening our health. Together, they’re finding solutions.
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The seminar focused on the connection between a warming planet and public health, with a call for a concerted, interdisciplinary effort across universities, hospitals and governments.
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