EPA Gives $2.3 Million to Emory, Tech for Air Quality Research

ATLANTA, GA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $8.5 million in research funding to 12 universities to protect air quality from the current and future challenges associated with the impacts of climate change.

Emory University was selected to receive $787,298 for research to develop a concentration-response model to assess health impacts of exposure to PM2.5 and ozone from fires, and to predict the effects of climate change on wildfires, including changes in future exposure to PM2.5 and ozone and public health in the Rocky Mountain Region.

Georgia Tech was selected to receive $789,820 for research on an integrated analysis of land use based policies for improving air and water quality with a focus on agricultural reactive nitrogen and wildland fire emissions as climate, land use and an additional $789,261 for research on anthropogenic emissions change and research on the effect of ammonia on organic aerosols in a changing climate.

“The research funded by these grants will improve our understanding of how climate change is impacting our air and our health,” said Thomas A. Burke, EPA science advisor and deputy assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development. “By examining the relationship between air quality and climate change this research will help better protect human health and the environment.”

Research has shown that climate change can affect air quality and impact public health.