EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE, ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES, AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENC
OUR STUDIES WILL SUPPORT HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION, BY CONTRIBUTING THE FIRST BIODOSIMETRY FOR QUANTIFYING BRAIN DNA INSTABILITY AND NEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES TO PREDICT CLINICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT CREWS AND THE UTILITY OF AVAILABLE G
EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE, ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES, AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGE
LIGHT POLLUTION IS AN EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD THAT HAS BEEN LINKED TO ELEVATED RISK OF MANY DISEASES, INCLUDING SLEEP DISORDERS, CANCER, CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES, DEMENTIA AND MENTAL DISORDERS. MOREOVER, LIGHT POLLUTION IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH BURDEN OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT (ALAN), AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEVELOPE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS RELATED TO ALAN. AMONG AMERICAN CITIES, CHICAGO NOT ONLY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF LIGHT POLLUTION, BUT ALSO DISPLAYS PROFOUND INJUSTICE IN LIGHT POLLUTION. THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO, A PREDOMINANTLY MEXICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, EXEMPLIFIES THE DUAL BURDEN OF HIGH LEVELS OF LIGHT POLLUTION AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY. THANKS TO YEARS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THERE IS NOW GROWING AWARENESS ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AND ITS DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS AMONG THE LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESSED PRESSING NEEDS IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAKING ACTIONS TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE LIGHTING AND MITIGATE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE CRITICAL NEEDS FOR 1) AN INTERFACE THAT PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY DATA AND VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOLS TO CHARACTERIZE THE BURDEN OF ALAN 2) A PLATFORM THAT CROSSLINKS ALAN MEASURES WITH DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS AND HEALTH STATISTICS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SCALE OF LIGHT POLLUTION INJUSTICE AND HIGHLIGHT ITS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND 3) AN EXPANDED EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES AND CULTIVATE NEXT-GENERATION ACTIVISTS TO TAKE DATA-INFORMED ACTIONS.
NIGHTTIME LIGHTING HAS PERMEATED MODERN SOCIETIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC LIGHT. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT (ALAN) INCREASED BY 5-20%
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) WILL SERVE AS A PRACTICUM SITE (SUPERVISED PROGRAMS) FOR INTERESTED UNIVERSITIES TRAINING RESIDENTS IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND NURSING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ESTABLISH A RELATIO