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AMS Resources and Response to the Federal Science Crisis
As environmental and health challenges intensify, the gaps between scientific applications and community priorities pose critical barriers to resilience and positive public health outcomes. Participatory science can bridge these gaps by positioning community members as decision-makers and leaders in research, ensuring the co-production of usable, localized environmental-health solutions. Hosted by the AMS Board on Environment and Health (BEH) and the AMS Board on Higher Education (BHE), this short course will explore how environmental data, services, and strategic local-to-federal funding priorities can foster sustainable, community-driven outcomes while promoting long-term human, animal, and ecosystem health solutions. By integrating accessible science with local knowledge systems, this course moves beyond traditional outreach to empower communities through inclusive co-design, resource allocation, and long-term evaluation.
Registration for this course will open in late October.
Participants will have a deeper understanding of the accessibility and value of community science and participatory research across various disciplines. They will also learn about the importance of community inclusion and data ownership in community science and participatory research to transition beyond outreach and empower communities through co-design, implementation, and inclusive evaluation of environment-health community solutions. Participants will also understand the importance of local knowledge in weather and environmental science, as well as their individual roles in informing community decision-making and tailored environmental-health solutions at the local level. From this course, participants will be able to apply skills in designing a participatory research project by focusing on framing the environmental-health issue specific to their community, identifying key stakeholders, and developing co-design methods based on available data and foundational community knowledge and priorities. Through the short course and learning about real-world case studies, participants will understand how to integrate community-generated and community-led data into scientific and research workflows. They will also apply community science and participatory approaches to pressing issues in the environmental-health nexus, such as extreme heat, water quality degradation, air pollution, flooding, and more. To focus on actionable solutions and implementation science, each participant will develop a brief, structured project scope outline of a community issue relevant to their work and fields and potential solutions from integrating community science and participatory research
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If you have questions regarding the course, please contact Alice Lau.
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