On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, leading to more than 230 deaths and leaving nearly 2 million people without power. In…
Leah B. Poole
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Leah is a researcher with a strong interest in climate risk management, including air pollution mitigation strategies, and humanitarian crises. Currently, she applies her skills and knowledge in a number of directions. At Feinstein, Leah is a researcher on the Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action project team, where she seeks to advance evidence on humanitarian action for forecasted extreme weather events. Leah also retains an appointment with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre’s climate and health team, where she previously worked. There, Leah supports projects on a variety of topics including air pollution, heat, and climate related health mitigation strategies.
In 2022, Leah won the Outstanding Applied Learning Experience Award for her work to increase focus on interactions between air pollution and weather and the resulting health impacts. She also received the Tim Edgar PhD Award for her work to bring awareness to public health issues though innovative communication techniques.
Leah holds a masters in public health from the Tufts University School of Medicine and a masters in agriculture, food, and environment from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy also at Tufts. She has a bachelors degree in food and nutrition from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.
When not working, Leah enjoys exploring the outdoors with her partner and dog.
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This report outlines an anticipatory insurance product designed to support farmers in the drought-prone regions of Malawi and Zambia.
This anticipatory action landscape brief summarizes what has been published on anticipatory action since 2020 and what progress has been made on existing recommendations.
This paper explains the connection between air pollution and climate change and considers how anticipatory action can address the impact of air pollution.
This literature review examines social protection systems in hazard-prone countries to make recommendations on how these systems could be best used to inform or implement anticipatory action.