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Bringing together the insights from a variety of disciplines, HEALED aims to:

  • Establish cross-disciplinary methods to quantify the health impacts of carbon mitigation efforts;
  • Identify potential tradeoffs between health and climate objectives as well as the main features driving undesirable outcomes;
  • Inform integrated policy making for energy, climate and health.

News

Jun 16, 2023: New paper in iScience: Multi-dimensional and region-specific planning for coal retirements. More information: Paper Link. 

May 23, 2023: Penn State News report about our Environmental Research Letters paper on the equitable distribution of the benefits of electric vehicles. More information: Penn State News. 

May 18, 2023: Penn State News report about our Nature Sustainability paper on the possible future health impacts related to global climate mitigation. More information: Penn State News. 

May 18, 2023: New paper in Nature Sustainability: Effects of global climate mitigation on regional air quality and health. More information: Paper Link. 

Apr 24, 2023: New paper in Environmental Research Letters: Equity implications of electric vehicles: A systematic review on the spatial distribution of emissions, air pollution and health impacts. More information: Paper Link. 

Oct 31, 2022: Nature research briefing about our Nature Sustainability paper on how socio-demographic factors will shape the future global health burden from air pollution. More information: Briefing Link. 

Oct 24, 2022: Penn State News report about our Nature Sustainability paper on how socio-demographic factors will shape the future global health burden from air pollution. More information: Penn State News. 

Aug 5, 2022: New paper in Environmental Research Letters: Integrating air quality and health considerations into power sector decarbonization strategies. More information: Paper Link. 

Nov 11, 2021: Dr. Wei Peng with other Penn State researchers joining $72 million NASA consortium (GESTAR II) to study Earth system science. More information: Penn State Engineering News.

Sep 27, 2021: Penn State News report of our NSF grant on health consequences from mitigating carbon. More information: Penn State News.

Sep 20, 2021: NPR report of our Environmental Science and Technology paper on Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). More information: StateImpact Pennsylvania.

Sep 14, 2021: Penn State News report of our Nature Climate Change paper on state-driven emissions controls. More information: Penn State News.

Aug 31, 2021: New paper in Environmental Science and Technology: Emissions and Health Implications of Pennsylvania’s Entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. More information: Paper Link. 

Aug 20, 2021: New paper in One Earth: Incorporating political-feasibility concerns into the assessment of India’s clean-air policies. More information: Paper Link. 

July 8, 2021: Dr. Peng and Dr. Sriskrishnan will receive a 400k NSF grant to study the health effects of decarbonization. More information: NSF Award.

June 21, 2021: We are part of the team winning a 1.5M National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to model climate policy, air pollution, and social inequalities. More information: NSF Award.

June 18, 2021: Dr. Peng is a co-PI for two seed grant projects on air pollution and health awarded by Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment. More information: Penn State News.

May 6, 2020: Our project is selected for seed grant funding from the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. More information: Penn State News.

Oct 16, 2020: Upcoming webinar by Dr. Wei Peng, “Understanding the link between RGGI, air quality and health outcomes”. More information: Penn State News; Registration Link.