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Amruta Nori-Sarma is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Population Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As an environmental epidemiologist, Dr. Nori-Sarma studies environmental exposures associated with climate and extreme weather events, as well as the associated health outcomes in vulnerable communities. Dr. Nori-Sarma aims to understand the impacts of interrelated extreme weather events on mental health across the US utilizing large claims datasets. She also has an interest in evaluating the success of policies put in place to reduce the health impacts of climate change.

Additionally, Dr. Nori-Sarma serves as one of the leads of the CAFE RCC, the research coordinating center of the NIH Health and Extreme Weather program. CAFE, a joint effort with the BU School of Public Health, aims to bring together and amplify the work of researchers at the intersection of extreme weather and health.

Flannery Black-Ingersoll is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research investigates climate change and related environmental exposures in the context of public health hazards, vulnerable individuals and neighborhoods, and strategies for resilience. Her work applies causal inference methods and health impact assessments, using a range of computational tools such as mathematical models, simulations, machine learning and matching algorithms to evaluate a range of environmental health questions. Dr. Black-Ingersoll obtained her PhD in Environmental Health with a focus on Environmental Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health, where she investigated climate change and health inequities including extreme heat and adverse mental health outcomes among vulnerable populations.

Dr. Sprague is the inaugural U.S. Health Equity Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, as well as a member of the NORI Lab team. Trained in epidemiology, environmental science, and social medicine, his work explores how climate change, social inequities, and urban systems intersect to shape health and wellbeing across the life course.