# Impacts of extreme meteorological conditions on workers and community health in Central America

> **NIH NIH R13** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2020 · $10,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract:
This proposal requests partial support for the research-training workshop ‘Impacts of extreme
meteorological conditions on workers and community health in Central America’ planned as a 2
days EOH training session in June 2020. The specific aims are as follows. 1) Address EOH
risks and vulnerabilities in the Central American countries, with special emphasis on the
consequences of meteorological modifications that are critically affecting this area; 2)
Encourage and enhance communication, understanding and collaboration between practicing
clinicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, epidemiologists, toxicologists, expert in
exposure sciences, special interest groups including industry and Union representatives,
governmental risk assessors and regulatory experts working to further improve detection and
prevention of EOH hazards. 3) Organize the conference participants, tutorials, invited and free
presentations, discussions, debates, demonstrations and interactions to document major new
research advances, facilitate identification of specific research gaps, formulate hypotheses and
potential experimental designs to answer questions. 4) Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
of practitioners and scientist/investigators to help foster or initiate new multidisciplinary research
approaches necessary to advance the EOH science. 5) Produce deliverables including the
workshop outputs in terms of: i) identification of urgent EOH hazards; ii) consensus on
sustainable intervention policies in the Central American region. This documentation will be
shared rapidly after the workshop through various communication media.
This proposal seeks support to provide travel grants to 20 participants from the Central
American countries that lack the resources to participate in the EOH research training
workshop. The anticipated impact of the proposed workshop on EOH scientists from the region
includes increased awareness and knowledge of Central American EOH threats and
intervention strategies, especially focused on the prevention of health risks related to the
meteorological modifications critically affecting this area.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9994628
- **Project number:** 1R13ES031837-01
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** Roberto G Lucchini
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-06-01 → 2021-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9994628

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9994628, Impacts of extreme meteorological conditions on workers and community health in Central America (1R13ES031837-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9994628. Licensed CC0.

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