Image U of A at the 2025 DMAFB STEAM Village Event March 28, 2025 The University of Arizona's Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Heatlh Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change & Health and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) were invited to table at the 2025 Davis Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB) STEAM Village event which served 1,400+ K-12 grade students primarily from Tucson Unified School District Title I schools within the span of 4 hours. Read more Image U of A College of Public Health at Science City, Tucson Festival of Books March 27, 2025 The 16th Annual Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) brought together authors, presenters, volunteers, and visitors to celebrate literature and education at one of the largest book festivals in the United States. The interactive tables, titled "Climate and the Environment: Your Health Matters," jointly hosted by Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center (ESRAC) and Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH), were a success at the Science City "Science of You" neighborhood. Read more Image SCORCH Questionnaire: Youth/Young Adult Environment, Climate, & Health Engagement Programs Feb. 8, 2025 Southwest Center for Resilience in Climate Change and Health (SCORCH) is developing a webpage to serve as a central place for cataloguing K-12 programs and initiatives that focus on building knowledge, awareness, and skills in the areas of environment, climate, and health. Please help us generate awareness and support of youth and young adult engagement programs in Arizona by submitting an entry for any program you administer and by sharing this link across your networks. A team member will follow-up on each submission to ensure accurate representation of the program before posting information on this website. Thank you for your assistance! Read more Image SCORCH at the AMS Annual Meeting (January 12-16, 2025) Jan. 3, 2025 If you happen to find yourself at the AMS annual meeting, come interact with SCORCH at these sessions! Read more NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science for Climate Change and Health Dec. 17, 2024 Earliest submission date is February 5, 2025; expiration date is January 8, 2028. The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of the interest of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative (CCHI) in supporting implementation science related to climate change and health. This NOSI encourages applications that propose implementation studies to understand and address barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of effective Read more Image Do air pollution and extreme temperatures increase 911 emergency calls? Oct. 14, 2024 A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is raising awareness among health care providers and the public about the dangers of extreme heat and the use of certain medications. Read more Image Coproducing Opportunities to Advance Heat Resilience in Southern Arizona Oct. 7, 2024 Responding to state-level planning efforts and ongoing local, heat planning efforts, the City of Tucson, Pima County Health Department, and the University of Arizona mobilized to organize the first Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit, held on February 3, 2024. This report provides a summary of the summit as well as findings and outcomes generated through facilitated breakout sessions. Read more The impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change on infectious diseases Oct. 4, 2024 Read more Image U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses Sept. 17, 2024 A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is raising awareness among health care providers and the public about the dangers of extreme heat and the use of certain medications. Read more Image Pesticide exposure linked to stillbirth risk in new study Aug. 9, 2024 Read more Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 1 2 3 4 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image U of A at the 2025 DMAFB STEAM Village Event March 28, 2025 The University of Arizona's Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Heatlh Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change & Health and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) were invited to table at the 2025 Davis Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB) STEAM Village event which served 1,400+ K-12 grade students primarily from Tucson Unified School District Title I schools within the span of 4 hours. Read more
Image U of A College of Public Health at Science City, Tucson Festival of Books March 27, 2025 The 16th Annual Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) brought together authors, presenters, volunteers, and visitors to celebrate literature and education at one of the largest book festivals in the United States. The interactive tables, titled "Climate and the Environment: Your Health Matters," jointly hosted by Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center (ESRAC) and Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH), were a success at the Science City "Science of You" neighborhood. Read more
Image SCORCH Questionnaire: Youth/Young Adult Environment, Climate, & Health Engagement Programs Feb. 8, 2025 Southwest Center for Resilience in Climate Change and Health (SCORCH) is developing a webpage to serve as a central place for cataloguing K-12 programs and initiatives that focus on building knowledge, awareness, and skills in the areas of environment, climate, and health. Please help us generate awareness and support of youth and young adult engagement programs in Arizona by submitting an entry for any program you administer and by sharing this link across your networks. A team member will follow-up on each submission to ensure accurate representation of the program before posting information on this website. Thank you for your assistance! Read more
Image SCORCH at the AMS Annual Meeting (January 12-16, 2025) Jan. 3, 2025 If you happen to find yourself at the AMS annual meeting, come interact with SCORCH at these sessions! Read more
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science for Climate Change and Health Dec. 17, 2024 Earliest submission date is February 5, 2025; expiration date is January 8, 2028. The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of the interest of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative (CCHI) in supporting implementation science related to climate change and health. This NOSI encourages applications that propose implementation studies to understand and address barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of effective Read more
Image Do air pollution and extreme temperatures increase 911 emergency calls? Oct. 14, 2024 A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is raising awareness among health care providers and the public about the dangers of extreme heat and the use of certain medications. Read more
Image Coproducing Opportunities to Advance Heat Resilience in Southern Arizona Oct. 7, 2024 Responding to state-level planning efforts and ongoing local, heat planning efforts, the City of Tucson, Pima County Health Department, and the University of Arizona mobilized to organize the first Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit, held on February 3, 2024. This report provides a summary of the summit as well as findings and outcomes generated through facilitated breakout sessions. Read more
The impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change on infectious diseases Oct. 4, 2024 Read more
Image U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses Sept. 17, 2024 A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is raising awareness among health care providers and the public about the dangers of extreme heat and the use of certain medications. Read more