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CCUH Team

CCUH prioritizes participatory and collaborative governance of the project. The CCUH is guided by an executive committee composed of core-leads and partner institution PIs. The full CCUH team meets regularly throughout the year to review and discuss progress towards meeting our goals.

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Drexel University

  • Ana Diez Roux, Principal Investigator and Administrative Core Co-lead, Executive Committee Member
  • Usama Bilal, Administrative Core Co-lead and Research Project Lead, Executive Committee Member
  • Amy Auchincloss, Associate Professor, Community Engagement Core
  • Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, Assistant Research Professor, Research Project Core
  • Kaela Barna, CCUH Project Manager, Administrative Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Carolina Rendón, SALURBAL-Climate and CCUH Communications Coordinator, Community Engagement Core
  • Hal Chen, PhD student/data analyst, Research Project Core
  • Josiah Kephart, Co-investigator, Research Project Core
  • Fernanda Cruz, SALURBAL Project Manager, Administrative Core
  • Katy Indvik, Sr. Policy Engagement Specialist and Co-lead, Community Engagement Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Josiah Kephart, Co-investigator, Research Project Core
  • Jen Kolker, Co-investigator, Community Engagement Core
  • Mariana Lazo, Community Engagement Core Co-lead, Executive Committee Member
  • Ran Li, Drexel University, Data engineer, Administrative Core
  • Tara McAlexander, Co-investigator, Research Project Core
  • Brisa Sanchez, Research Capacity Building Core Co-lead and Research Project Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Leah Schinasi, Co-investigator, Research Capacity Building Core & Research Project Core
  • Jessica Uruchima, Data Manager, Administrative Core
  • Derek Weix, Statistician, Research Project Core

INCAP

  • Fernanda Kroker, INCAP Principal Investigator and Co-lead, Research Capacity Building Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Elizabeth Cardona, Community Engagement Core Coordinator

UC Berkeley

  • Daniel Rodriguez, UC Berkeley Principal Investigator, Research Project Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Cheng-Kai Hsu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Project Core

University of São Paulo

  • Nelson Gouveia, Brazil Principal Investigator, Research Project Core, Executive Committee Member
  • Sara Lopes de Moraes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Project Core
  • Claudio Makoto Kanai, Graduate Student,  Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Project Core
  • Felipe Parra do Nascimento, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Project Core

UFMG/Belo Horizone

  • Waleska Caiaffa, Co-investigator, Community Engagement Core
  • Guta Friche, Co-investigator, Community Engagement Core
  • Amanda Magalhães, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Project Core

Fiocruz/Rio de Janeiro

  • Fatima Pina, Co-investigator, Research Project Core

External Advisory Board

CCUH established an External Advisory Board of climate change and health experts who provide input on the strategic direction of the center, ensuring alignment with global needs, state-of-the-art concepts and approaches, and the relevance of our efforts for driving action.

External Advisory Board

  • Ana Navas Acien, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University
  • Jonathan Patz, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Valerie Paz-Soldan, Associate Professor Global Community Health, Director of Tulane Health Offices for Latin America, Tulane University
  • Cathryn Tonne, Research Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, ISGlobal
  • Agnes Soares da Silva, Director of the Department of Environmental Health Surveillance and Workers Health, Brazil Ministry of Health