CAFÉ: a Research Coordinating Center to Convene, Accelerate, Foster, and Expand the Climate Change and Health Community of Practice

项目总结/摘要 气候与健康研究目前受到阻碍，因为：（1） 实践（COP）在这个空间是破碎的，经常孤立的学科，并集中 在一些资源充足的机构和国家;（2）存在尖端数据资产，但 通常很难找到，记录不一致，管理和链接到其他数据具有挑战性 （3）许多研究人员，特别是早期研究人员（ESI），没有 访问兼容的、计算高效的和安全的计算环境;以及（4）我们 缺乏能够支持国内和全球能力建设举措的中央平台 需要扩大CCH研究人员的途径，包括提供教育资源， 指导，并为试点和时间敏感的项目提供资金。 我们建议建立一个研究协调中心（RCC），即BUSPH-HSPH-CAFF。 利用气候领域最先进的研究、教育和政策转化生态系统 波士顿大学公共卫生学院和哈佛TH的变革与健康（CCH） 陈公共卫生学院：（1）通过 管理职能;（2）通过数据管理职能加速研究;（3） 通过资源职能促进整个缔约方会议的协作;以及（4）扩大卫生协调委员会- 通过能力建设职能执行COP。 Gregory Wellenius博士，Francesca Dominici博士和Amruta Nori-Sarma博士是理想的 CAFestival的多PI团队基于：（1）他们庞大而多样化的合作者网络， 包括气候变化、不良健康后果、环境、 流行病学，数据科学和统计学，（2）他们以前的经验，导致高影响力 （3）它们致力于通过导师制进行能力建设， 支持，特别是支持多样性和包容性。通过让我们的非政府组织伙伴参与进来， 政府、行业和社区团体，并通过利用PI的专业知识， 该框架将使缔约方大会能够更迅速、更有效地增进我们的理解， 最大限度地减少持续气候变化对健康的影响研究 缔约方大会的进展将是及时的、与政策相关的、具有催化作用的，并具有深远的应用价值 提高地方、国家和全球的气候适应能力。

Project Summary / Abstract Research in climate and health is currently hampered because: (1) The Community of Practice (COP) in this space is fractured, frequently siloed within disciplines, and concentrated in a few well-resourced institutions and countries; (2) Cutting-edge data assets exist, but are often hard to find, inconsistently documented, and challenging to manage and link to other data resources; (3) Many researchers, especially early-stage investigators (ESIs), do not have access to compliant, computationally efficient, and secure computing environments; and (4) We lack a centralized platform that can support the domestic and global capacity-building initiatives needed to expand pathways for CCH researchers, including providing educational resources, mentoring, and funding for pilot and time-sensitive projects. We propose to create the BUSPH-HSPH-CAFÉ, a Research Coordinating Center (RCC) leveraging the ecosystem of state-of-the-art research, education, and policy translation in climate change and health (CCH) at the Boston University School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to: (1) CONVENE the community of practice (COP) via the Administrative Function; (2) ACCELERATE research via the Data Management Function; (3) FOSTER collaborations across the COP via the Resource Function; and (4) EXPAND the CCH- COP via the Capacity Building Function. Dr. Gregory Wellenius, Dr. Francesca Dominici, and Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma are the ideal multiple-PI team for the CAFÉ based on: (1) their large and diverse network of collaborators, including top experts in the fields of climate change, adverse health outcomes, environmental epidemiology, data sciences, and statistics, (2) their prior experience leading high-impact research relevant to CCH; and (3) their commitment to capacity building through mentorship and support, particularly in support of diversity and inclusion. By engaging our partners in NGOs, government, industry, and community-based groups, and by leveraging the expertise of the PIs, the CAFÉ will enable the COP to more rapidly and effectively advance our understanding – and minimize the consequences – of the health consequences of continued climate change Research advances of the COP will be timely, policy-relevant, and catalytic, with far-reaching applications for improved local, national, and global climate resilience.