Multidisciplinary research and training to address complex relationships among weather, climate, human health and ecosystems

描述(申请人提供)：有广泛的科学共识，即世界气候正在变化，随之而来的是气候变化的发生率、季节变化和全球分布 传染病和其他对气候敏感的公共卫生问题。疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)和国家大气研究中心(NCAR)之间拟议的合作协议旨在通过以下活动改变和改进解决气候敏感健康问题的方式：1)在气候科学和公共卫生方面对科学家进行多学科培训，以培养一代 科学家们更有能力全面解决复杂的气候敏感健康问题。这些科学家将关注不断扩大的需求，以应对研究中的差距，并加强疾控中心和NCAR之间目前的合作努力。2)CDC和NCAR之间有针对性的跨学科合作研究，以更好地了解天气、气候和公共卫生结果之间的关系。这项活动将增加和加强博士后研究活动，通过直接参与来自 这两个机构都比博士后研究人员拥有更多的专业知识和经验(例如，气候建模技能)。3)加强包括政府、州和地方机构、大学、非政府机构和私营组织在内的多个部门之间的伙伴关系，以帮助机构做好应对气候变化对人口健康威胁的准备。预期成果包括：1)通过跨学科研究提高对气候敏感公共卫生问题的科学知识；2)在干预战略和决策支持工具方面取得进展，向卫生官员和普通民众通报气候敏感公共卫生问题；3)通过气候与健康博士后培训计划和建立机构伙伴关系，提高技术能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is widespread scientific consensus that the world's climate is changing and with it, the incidence, seasonal variation, and global distribution of infectious diseases and other climate-sensitive public health issues. The proposed cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) aims to shift and improve the way climate- sensitive health issues are addressed through the following activities: 1) Multi-disciplinary training of scientists in both climate science and public health in order to foster a generation of scientists better equipped to comprehensively address complex climate-sensitive health issues. These scientists will focus an ever-expanding need to confront gaps in research, and enhance current collaborative efforts between CDC and NCAR. 2) Targeted inter-disciplinary, collaborative research between CDC and NCAR to better understand the relationship between weather, climate and public health outcomes. This activity will augment and enhance the postdoctoral research activities by directly involving in the research senior level scientists from both institutions who have more specialized expertise and experience than postdoctoral researchers (e.g., climate modeling skills). 3) Enhancing partnerships among multiple sectors including government, state and local agencies, universities, non-governmental agencies and private organizations, in order to help prepare institutions to address health threats to populations in the face of climate change. Expected outcomes include 1) improved scientific knowledge of climate-sensitive public health issues through inter-disciplinary research; 2) progress toward intervention strategies and decision support tools to inform health officials and the general population of climate-sensitive public health issues, and 3) enhanced technical capability through the postdoctoral training program in climate and health, and through building institutional partnerships.