Join Us for the Upcoming GMU REACH Center Intro Session and Mixer on January 14th (Full Details Below)!
Learn how to get involved with this multi-institutional center driving forward climate & health research and engagement.
About the Event:
Join us on January 14, 2026 to learn about the REACH Center, a multi-institutional climate and health research center working to turn big data into health-protective solutions for climate-sensitive risk factors. You’ll hear an overview of REACH Center activities, get the latest NIH funding updates, and learn how REACH can support you in developing competitive climate and health research proposals. Come learn how you can fit into this effort. This event is being co-hosted by the REACH Center and GMU's Institute for a Sustainable Earth.
Stick around after the formal REACH programming for a bonus climate and health webinar supported by the NASA Wildland Fire Program and co-sponsored by GMU, NASA and the World Meteorological Organization Wildfire North America Center: "North America Multi-Agency Ensemble Forecast of Fire Smoke for Health Applications Webinar" (separate registration; see below).
Event Details
Date & Time: January 14th; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET (doors open 11:45am for networking / food)
Location [hybrid format]: in person** at Merten Hall, Room 1204, or via Zoom (link provided upon registration). **Lunch provided for those in person.
Optional wildland fire webinar: streamed in same room (Merten 1204) from 1:00 - 2:00 PM, or join online (registration below)
For questions about the REACH Center event, please contact Daniel Tong (qtong@gmu.edu) or Julianna Gwiszcz (jgwiszcz@gmu.edu).
About the REACH Center:
The REACH Center is a multi-institutional partnership that leverages world-class strengths in public health, medicine, and public policy at George Washington University; Earth and atmospheric sciences at George Mason University and Howard University; and research translation at Environmental Defense Fund. The Center’s ground-breaking partnership cultivates a diverse, multi-disciplinary, collaborative research enterprise that generates new knowledge and accelerates research translation into health-protective actions. The REACH Center is funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
For general questions about the REACH Center, please contact Daniel Tong (qtong@gmu.edu) or Katie O'Donnell (catherineod@gwu.edu).
