Meet the CAFE Team

I am a Data Scientist working on unveiling and overcoming Open Science challenges on Climate and Health, specifically focusing on data science tooling  and standards for data processing and data management.

Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH is a primary care physician and Director of Education and Policy at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE). He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His work focuses on the intersection of climate change, global health equity, human rights, medical education, and public policy.

Elaine has a Bachelors in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University, a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University, and a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Boston University School of Public Health. Her interests include investigating the intersection of mental health and climate change, reducing societal barriers to resources, and empowering community-driven responses to natural disasters.

Josh is a Data Science Specialist at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) at Harvard, supporting and facilitating academic research across Harvard and MIT as a data scientist, social scientist, and research methodologist. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard, and has a background in psychology, neuroscience, and statistics. Josh helps CAFÉ develop and deploy data-related tutorials and example materials for climate and health researchers, and helps ensure these materials are accessible to researchers from across a variety of disciplines and research backgrounds.

Marcy Franck is a Senior Communications Strategist at Harvard C-CHANGE — Science Communication.

Emma Gause is a Research Scientist at the Center for Climate and Health at Boston University School of Public Health. She conducted her graduate training in epidemiology and geography at the University of Washington. Her expertise lies in employing epidemiological methods and spatial analysis to address research questions related to the health effects of heat and other climate exposures, and firearm-related injury risk.

Jonathan Gilmour is a Data Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Aspen Science and Technology Policy Fellow. He was named a 2024 Aspen Institute Future Leader Climate Fellow. He previously was a Data Scientist and founding member at the Pandemic Tracking Collective, an advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Initiative, and a Data Infrastructure Engineer at The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. Jonathan has a Computer Science degree from Grinnell College. In his spare time, he loves to explore the outdoors, play beach volleyball, and cook for friends.

Stefano Iacus is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of Data Science and Product Research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS).

Prof. Kinney works at the intersection of global environmental change and human health, with an emphasis on climate change and air pollution. He created the first climate and health program in the US at the Columbia University, where he pioneered studies examining how climate change could increase health risks from air pollution and extreme heat in the future. Recent work focuses on the health benefits that can be achieved through climate mitigation strategies. He earned his doctorate at the Harvard School of Public Health, working with data from the Harvard Six Cities Air Pollution and Health Study.

Jonathan Levy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at BUSPH. His research centers on urban environmental exposure and health risk modeling, with an emphasis on spatiotemporal exposure patterns and related environmental justice issues. He has conducted multiple studies modeling the public health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies and other policy measures that can reduce carbon emissions. He has been a member of several National Research Council committees and also served on the US EPA Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis.

Lilly Nichols is a Research Program Manager at CAFE. She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Boston University. Her background is in extreme heat with a focus on its impacts on maternal and child health.