Health, Environment, and Policy Researchers

Three researchers from the Health, Environment, and Policy program, led by Kevin Cromar, received pilot funding from NYU Langone’s Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation (CEHRT) Pilot Project Program. Doctoral Researcher Kevin Park will be working with officials in Quito to improve risk communication for children’s respiratory health based on advanced multi-pollutant exposure techniques. While some countries, such as Canada, use health-based air-quality indices, no similar effort has been made in Latin American countries. With the results of the study, Park hopes to guide local and federal policy decisions in reforming Ecuador’s risk-communication strategy.
 
Research Associate Noussair Lazrak and Assistant Research Scholar Gina Gonzales will collaborate with government officials in Rio de Janeiro to address children’s respiratory health through improved air-pollution forecasting and health messaging. Working closely with Rio’s Municipal Environment and Climate Secretariat and Health Secretariat, Lazrak and Gonzales will provide local partners with improved NO2 forecasting and explore how risk-communication messages are being used for children’s health in other Latin American cities. Findings from the study along with recommended tools and resources will be provided to Rio partners to inform their current health messaging around air quality.

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