# Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center

> **NIH NIH P20** · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $1,270,897

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY - OVERALL
 The mission of the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center is to
bridge big data to climate solutions that advance health and environmental justice. Specifically, the Center
leverages the power of novel geospatial datasets and research co-generation with governmental and non-
governmental partners to research health and equity impacts of climate change mitigation and adaptation
actions from local to global scales. The Center forms a new multi-institutional partnership that leverages world-
class strengths in public health, medicine, and public policy at George Washington University; Earth and
atmospheric sciences at George Mason University and Howard University; environmental justice at Howard
University; and research translation at Environmental Defense Fund. The Center’s ground-breaking
partnership cultivates a diverse, multi-disciplinary, collaborative research enterprise that generates new
knowledge and accelerates research translation into health-protective and equitable climate change mitigation
and adaptation. Our ideal location in the National Capital Region, hosted at the only school of public health in
Washington, DC, gives us unique opportunities to collaborate with the local and federal government and a
plethora of civil society organizations engaged in climate and health policy development. The REACH Center
will generate new knowledge along the spectrum of discovery to applied research, particularly leveraging the
strengths of geospatial datasets to address research questions that can guide mitigation and adaptation
actions at a range of administrative scales. The Center will catalyze collaborations between investigators and
governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to understand the complex interactions between climate
and health and design approaches for protecting public health under future climate change. The Center will
achieve its mission through Administrative, Developmental, Community Engagement, and Exposure
Assessment Cores. The Developmental Core Center will develop new research infrastructure that fosters
research exploring climate solutions that advance health and equity through pilot awards, student fellowships,
educational and networking opportunities, and interaction between investigators and governmental and non-
governmental partners. The Community Engagement Core will provide a bridge between academic research
and a community of potential users of the findings to drive health-protective and equitable climate solutions
forward. The Exposure Assessment Core will lead the Center’s efforts to make geospatial climate and
environmental data more accessible, interoperable, and interpretable for climate and health research
conducted by researchers from various disciplines.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10982791
- **Project number:** 1P20ES036775-01
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Susan Anenberg
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,270,897
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-09-19 → 2027-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10982791

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10982791, Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center (1P20ES036775-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10982791. Licensed CC0.

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