Urban park with shaded mass transit station

Advancing children’s environmental health in our warming world

HEAT Lab identifies health issues facing children and develops and tests potential solutions.

Heatmap outlining heat zones within urban center

Lab purpose

Protecting the health of children, equitably

We aim to promote the health of children and their households by combining community expertise with techniques from public health, city & regional planning, and climatology.

Austin campus of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Who we are

The HEAT Lab is a multidisciplinary team.

We have extensive experience conceptualizing, designing, and conducting community-engaged, mixed-methods research and disseminating results as evidence for action.

In the news

Media coverage of our research

We engage with media to share science-backed recommendations to protect and promote the health of children and their households.