Climate change could make RSV respiratory infection outbreaks less severe, more common
December 16, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyOne of the first studies to examine the effect of climate change on diseases such as influenza that are transmitted directly from person to person has found that higher temperatures and increased rainfall could make outbreaks less severe but more…
PEI awards $1.01 million in Water and the Environment Grand Challenge projects
October 1, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyThe ecological impacts of extreme weather, a national “climate park” in the New Jersey Meadowlands, and engineered nanoparticles that target groundwater pollutants are among the 13 projects funded by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) as part of its Water and…
PEI Urban Grand Challenges awards $509,000 to new urban sustainability projects
January 17, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyVertical farms in post-industrial America, origami-based noise-pollution barriers, and cement made from burned waste make up the latest round of projects funded by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) Urban Grand Challenges program. Totaling $509,000, the new awards are active through September…
To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology
September 18, 2017To predict how climate change will affect disease, researchers need new statistical models that incorporate both climate factors and the climate-disease relationship, and account for uncertainties in both.
FACULTY AWARD: Metcalf Awarded by Wellcome Fund to Study Population, Disease Dynamics
September 16, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzC. Jessica Metcalf one of 10 professors chosen for a new five-year $115 million initiative to study links between human health and the health of the environment.
Ebola Outbreak of 2014 May Have Laid Tracks for Deadly Measles Epidemic in Africa
March 13, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsThe Ebola outbreak that has swept West Africa since 2014 may have cleared the way for a more familiar killer that could claim thousands of more lives — measles.
