Dr. David Ciplet receives AB Nexus award for research related to AI and climate change
The AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards to interdisciplinary research teams from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Â鶹ӰԺ. Collectively, the seven winning teams will receive $713,000 in funding to advance cutting-edge research that improves human health and well-being.Ìý
David Ciplet (CU Â鶹ӰԺ) and Katherine LeMasters (CU Anschutz) were part of these winning teams for their research project: "Investigating Extreme Health Risks at the Nexus of Climate Change, IncarcerationÌýand Societal Re-entry in Colorado".
This project is investigating how climate change could have a disproportionately negative effect on Colorado’s prison population—and how to mitigate those impacts and improve inmate health in the face of rising temperatures.