How neighborhood street-level temperatures affect people's health
Population-Based Assessment of the Health Effects of Climate Exposure Using Hyperlocal Predictive Models
['FUNDING_R01'] · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · NIH-11367976
This project will create very local daily temperature maps across U.S. roads from 2000–2020 and link those maps to health records to show how heat and cold affect people in different neighborhoods.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_R01'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (STONY BROOK, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11367976 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
Researchers will build daily temperature estimates at 30-meter resolution for every road in the contiguous United States using satellite imagery, land-use data, elevation, and a stacked machine-learning model trained on tens of thousands of weather stations. They will use those maps to find urban heat islands and hot or cold spots and to identify communities most vulnerable to harmful temperatures. The team will connect the temperature maps to geocoded health and death records to study short-term and long-term links with illness and mortality using case-crossover and causal difference-in-differences methods, plus mixture approaches. The temperature product will be made publicly available for community members, researchers, and policymakers to guide local interventions and environmental-justice efforts.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: People living in the contiguous United States—especially older adults, people with chronic illnesses, and residents of urban neighborhoods—whose health outcomes can be linked to residential locations are the main groups who could benefit from the findings.
Not a fit: People outside the contiguous U.S., those without geocoded health data or stable residential addresses, and individuals in areas not covered by the linked health datasets may not directly benefit from this work.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could pinpoint neighborhoods at highest risk from extreme temperatures so public health programs and policies can better prevent heat- and cold-related illness and death.
How similar studies have performed: Previous research has shown links between extreme temperature and health and used high-resolution exposure models, but a nationwide 30-meter, road-segment daily product combined with the planned causal methods is relatively novel.
Where this research is happening
STONY BROOK, UNITED STATES
- STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK — STONY BROOK, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: DANESH YAZDI, MAHDIEH — STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK
- Study coordinator: DANESH YAZDI, MAHDIEH
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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