Events
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS (RDW)
is a series of workshops focused on developing research skills in extreme weather, health, and aging research. It is aimed at early career researchers interested in proposing and pursuing innovative research.
ACCELERATING SCIENCE COLLOQUIUMS (ASC)
is a series of seminars aimed at fostering an interdisciplinary community of extreme weather, health, and aging researchers at Brown University.
Fall 2025
Research Development Workshop: Introduction to Implementation Science in Climate and Health
Presenters: Margaret Crane, Ph.D. & Ruben Martinez, Ph.D.
Date & Time: Friday, September 5, 2025 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
Location: 121 South Main Street, Room 901 & Zoom
Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science is a growing research field that seeks to improve how evidence-based interventions can be successfully adopted, implemented, and maintained in the community. The presenters will provide an overview of D&I science theories, models, and frameworks, with a lens of applying D&I methodologies to extreme weather and health research.
Accelerating Science Colloquium: Climate, Health, and Aging Frameworks and Collaborations
Presenter: Elizabeth Fussell, Ph.D.
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET
Location: 121 South Main Street, Room 901 & Zoom
In any interdisciplinary collaboration, a shared conceptual model is vital for orienting the project. This seminar will review several frameworks relevant to research on extreme weather exposures and older adult health. It will also discuss strategies for navigating challenges in interdisciplinary research collaborations. The seminar will conclude with participants building a shared mental model of extreme weather exposures and the mediating and moderating factors that affect behavioral and health outcomes.
Research Development Workshop: Writing Effective Pilot Project Proposals
Presenters: Jennifer Tidey, Ph.D. & Elizabeth Fussell, Ph.D.
Date & Time: Thursday, October 16, 2025 1:00pm – 1:30pm ET
Location: Zoom
This interactive workshop will provide extreme weather and health scientists with practical guidance for developing strong pilot project proposals. Participants will gain insight into how to frame their research ideas in ways that maximize competitiveness and impact, with a particular focus on positioning pilot results as a foundation for larger-scale funding opportunities. As part of the CHAIRS-C Research Development Series, this session will orient researchers to the strategic value of pilot projects, highlight best practices in proposal development, and prepare attendees for upcoming funding opportunities—including the CHAIRS-C Pilot Funding Call opening on September 1st. Researchers at all career stages are encouraged to attend and strengthen their readiness to submit compelling pilot proposals that advance innovative, community-engaged extreme weather and health research.
Accelerating Science Colloquium: Community Engaged Research: From Partnership to Practice
Presenter: Emily Gadbois, Ph.D.
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Location: 121 South Main Street, Room 901 & Zoom
Engaging directly with community partners is a way to ensure that research is relevant, impactful, and aligned with real-world needs, while facilitating the translation of research into policy and practice. This seminar will review the importance of community-engaged research, offer guidance on how to meaningfully engage with community partners, and highlight examples of successful collaboration. Participants will also learn how to turn community priorities into research questions that can drive meaningful change in policy and practice.
Accelerating Science Colloquium: Hot take: Modeling Exposure to Heat for Human Health Studies
Presenters: Allan Just, Ph.D.
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Location: 121 South Main Street, Room 901 & Zoom
Extreme temperature impacts human health but exposures vary greatly in space and time (and few of us live at an airport or official weather station). This seminar will review approaches to temperature-related exposure estimation in environmental studies including challenges with area-level exposure assignment (e.g., ZIP code data), the role of humidity and solar radiation, and the timing of exposures and outcomes. Examples will come primarily from work led by the presenter at Brown SPH.
Spring 2026
Accelerating Science Colloquium: Pathways from Extreme Heat to Adverse Health Outcomes for Older Adults
Presenters: Theresa Shireman, Ph.D.
Date & Time: January 2026 TBD
Location: 121 South Main Street, Room 901 & Zoom
Older adults are particularly vulnerable to adverse health consequences of extreme heat exposures through several mechanisms. Some of these are through physiologic changes such as impaired thermoregulation, cognitive impairment, and multimorbidity. Additional risks may arise from social isolation, inadequate housing, and poverty. This seminar will review the current state of knowledge and remaining gaps in understanding in order to further investigation of the impact of extreme heat on the health of older adults.