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The Lincoln Hospital and Fordham University are working together in a study about how air pollution from wildfires can impact the health of Bronx residents.<\/p>\n
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NYC Health + Hospitals\/Lincoln<\/a> and Fordham University\u2019s<\/a> Bronx Research Institute for Community Solutions (BRICS<\/a>) have partnered to study the health impacts of wildfire smoke events on residents of the Bronx.<\/p>\n The study, called \u201cMeasuring the Effect of Wildfire Smoke Events on Patients Treated at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Lincoln Hospital,\u201d will explore if and how air pollution driven by wildfires affects the respiratory health outcomes and healthcare utilization of patients at the hospital.<\/p>\n It will likely draw critical insights into the intersection of climate change, environmental justice and public health in urban communities like the Bronx.\n<\/p>\n \u201cBronx residents suffer disproportionately high rates of respiratory illness \u2014 wildfires across the continent may be contributing to this crisis in the community due to particulates and gases that irritate the lungs,\u201d BRICS Director of Administration Keisha Shay, Ph.D., said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough BRICS, this research partnership between Lincoln Hospital and Fordham University will ensure that both medical experts and policymakers have the tangible data they need to protect public health.\u201d<\/p>\n NYC Health + Hospitals\/Lincoln Department of Medicine Director of Research Dr. Vidya Menon is leading the project, alongside Christina Pili. They are working in partnership with Fordham University faculty members David Rosenkranz and Marc Conte, Ph.D.<\/p>\n \u201cClimate change is projected to increase the prevalence and intensity of wildfires,\u201d Conte said in a statement.\u201cEven if these fires occur far from New York, the smoke represents a potentially serious threat to human health in the city. This pilot project will help us identify the patients most at risk, so we can better prepare for future events.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope our findings will help guide conversations with hospital and city leadership to strengthen air pollution awareness and implement early warning systems for vulnerable patients, with the goal of reducing preventable illness and deaths during future events,\u201d Dr. Vidya Menon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lincoln Hospital and Fordham University are working together in a study about how air pollution from wildfires…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[13814,128,2654,6301,1975,9,24,63,1976,1977,7728,129,131,130,13815],"class_list":["post-20458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-brics","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-research-institute-for-community-solutions","tag-fordham-university","tag-lincoln-hospital","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-health-hospitals-lincoln","tag-nyc-health-hospitals","tag-study","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-wildfire-smoke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}