Event Description
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Older adults are particularly vulnerable to health impacts from extreme-weather related events such as heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. These impacts include both physical and mental health such as experiencing higher overall rates of mortality, likelihood of injury, disruption of medical treatments, and the experience of PTSD. Understanding these disproportionate impacts is particularly important given projections of a future with more frequent and more intense environmental extremes.
Investigators from the Center on Aging, Health, & Environment (CACHE) will lead a webinar exploring the connections between extreme weather and disasters, health, and aging.
- Eun Young Choi of Arizona State University, will present findings from their CACHE-funded project, “Weathering the Years: How Extreme Outdoor Temperatures May Accelerate Biological Aging.”
The CACHE co-directors Deborah Balk (CUNY) and Lori Hunter (CU Boulder) will introduce attendees to the center’s opportunities for interdisciplinary training, mentoring, information sharing, seed grants, and workshop funding.
Participants will be invited to join the discussion to share their ideas and perspectives, helping to shape CACHE’s future programming and research opportunities.