Dr. Washington will address the Midwest Climate Summit in February 2023. She is a highly accomplished and successful environmental epidemiologist, environmental engineer, and environmental historian with over 40 years of research and field experience working on the impact of fossil fuel-generated pollution on human health and ecosystems using qualitative and quantitative analyses.
The Midwest Climate Collaborative (MCC) was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CIVIC grant to explore solutions to mitigate heat island effects through a collaborative effort of four Midwestern cities. This grant aims to design community-based solutions by working with stakeholders and applying existing research and data for equitable expansion of the tree canopy.
As the University of Michigan advances its commitments to climate action and university wide carbon neutrality, it joins more than 25 universities, nonprofit organizations, corporations and local governments in founding the Midwest Climate Collaborative.