Highlights

Climate Literacy, Outreach, Engagement, and Communications

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  Fall 2015 issue of the CICS-NC newsletter.

  
  Directed Institute communication efforts. Accomplishments include producing the third edition of the CICS-NC newsletter Trends, 13 press releases and web stories highlighting Institute publications and other news, managing social media posts, and overseeing development of the Institute’s annual reports. Worked with Jessicca Griffin and other staff members to develop a new brochure and adopt stronger NC State University branding for communications materials.
• Provided editorial support to the NCEI communications and outreach branch, including drafting several web stories, coordinating communications effort for joint CICS-NC/NCEI activities, and copyediting several chapters of the “Explaining Extreme Events” supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
• Currently working with other Institute staff to finalize a new version of the Institute’s website. The new site will adopt standard NC State University web templates and will harmonize the NCICS and CICS-NC web presences.

Climate Assessments

• Served as the Technical Support Unit’s project coordinator and editorial lead for the U.S. Global Change Research Program report on the impacts of climate change on human health. Worked with key stakeholders at USGCRP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate efforts of the various TSU teams and to manage processes, deliverables, and timelines. The TSU provided editorial support services through multiple rounds of writing and review to ensure that the content was accessible to a broad audience. The editorial team also contributed to the development and revision of scientific figures and infographics and managed final delivery of the website content, report PDFs, and a variety of supporting materials.The final report was released on April 4, 2016 and is available online at http://health2016.globalchange.gov. The official rollout event was held by the White House and featured presentations by White House Science Advisor John Holdren, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as well as panel discussions by report authors and other public health officials.
  
  

  The USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment website.

• Also provided editorial and communications input for the State Summaries project.