Early Career Research Fellow Track 1 (Human Health and Community Resilience Track) - Alexis Merdjanoff
Implementing Organization
New York University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$75,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at New York University’s School of Global Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Rutgers University. Her research explores how population health is affected by exposure to disasters, including hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. Dr. Merdjanoff is particularly interested in how social inequalities shape the impact of disasters and climate change on health, recovery, and resilience for socially vulnerable populations, such as older adults. To do so, she collects and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to form a holistic understanding of how individuals and communities are affected by these events. As director of research for the Population Impact, Recovery and Resilience (PiR2) research program, she has worked on several studies, including the longitudinal Katrina@10 Program, the Sandy Child and Family Health Study (S-CAFH), and SCALE-UP East Boston to answer questions related to improving the health and well-being of populations exposed to disasters and climate change. Her recent work has explored how older adults can successfully age in high-risk coastal areas such as the Gulf Coast. Using mixed methods, she aims to identify the resources that older adults need to be resilient, including the social and physical infrastructures needed to successfully prepare for and recover from acute and chronic disasters. Her goal is to understand how older adults can successfully adapt to, and prepare for, coastal erosion, frequent flooding, heatwaves, and disasters.
Contact
Maeesha SaeedNone
msaeed@nas.edu
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