News & Updates | Climate and Global Health Initiative

This page highlights both external coverage and CGHI program updates, including new training opportunities, tools, and education milestones.

May 6, 2026|Duke School of Medicine

Big Ideas Grant Supports the Rural Carolinas Heat-Health Observatory

Duke's Climate and Health Big Idea Grants program has awarded support for the Rural Carolinas Observatory for Heat Early Warning and Health Resilience, a project led by João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci that will link high-resolution climate data with emergency medical services and emergency department outcomes to improve heat-related response in rural communities.

May 2026|CGHI Update

CGHI Expands Education Pathways Through EMSI 2026

CGHI's partnership with the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine brings climate-health perspectives into the 2026 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute.

Spring 2026|CGHI Update

Tom Carpino Joins the CAST Fellows Program

CGHI's education pipeline continues to grow through cohort-based training and leadership development linked to Duke's climate and health community.

January 2026|DGHI News

Climate Researchers Look for Big Ideas, Early Wins

At Duke climate symposium, DGHI researchers talk about the need to put promising ideas addressing the health impacts of climate change into practice.

Late 2025|DGHI News

DGHI to Launch Global Network of Climate Observatories

Focused on regions with long-term partnerships, the observatories aim to advance research and education on the health impacts of climate change.

2025|Duke +Data Science

Climate+ Project Launches in Tanzania

A new Climate+ project investigating climate-driven fungal disease threats begins in partnership with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania.

2025|CGHI Website

CGHI Publishes Its First Climate-Health Methods Tutorial

The new Sri Lanka tutorial offers a full workflow for linking hourly climate data to weekly public-health outcomes and signals the direction of CGHI's training resources.

Explore update

2025|CGHI Website

CGHI Launches Public Tools and Learning Resources

The beta site now includes R package walkthroughs, methods-oriented resources, and infrastructure guidance to lower barriers for climate-health research.

Explore update