Study Consortium

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The multi-institutional collaboration is a consortium led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Stanford University, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, the University of California at Davis, and the University of Texas at Austin, with expertise in environmental exposure assessment, health outcomes, wildfire risk assessment and management, and data science.

Study Objectives

What are my exposures?

Determine which pollutants are present, at what levels, where, and how they change over time.

What are the short-term health impacts?

Determine if the L.A. fires and aftermath are associated with immediate health issues.

What are the long-term health impacts?

Determine if the L.A. fires and aftermath are associated with long-term and chronic health issues.