Climate change, human health, and biomedical research: analysis of the National Institutes of Health research portfolio.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to a wide variety of analyses and projections, the potential effects of global climate change on human health are large and diverse. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its basic, clinical, and population research portfolio of grants, has been increasing efforts to understand how the complex interrelationships among humans, ecosystems, climate, climate variability, and climate change affect domestic and global health.

Objectives

In this commentary we present a systematic review and categorization of the fiscal year (FY) 2008 NIH climate and health research portfolio.

Methods

A list of candidate climate and health projects funded from FY 2008 budget appropriations were identified and characterized based on their relevance to clima

SUBMITTER: Jessup CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3620768 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature