BLACKSBURG, Va., March 16 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Julie Gohlke is leading a multi-university research effort to understand how the catastrophic inland impacts of Hurricane Helene will continue to shape the health of Appalachian communities for years -perhaps decades- to come.
The research is backed by a National Institutes of Health grant that will grow over five years pending the accomplishment of first-year milestones.
"We're really just trying to learn from this experience so that we can support better mechanisms for future preparedness," Gohlke said.
Gohlke, professor of environmentalhealthwithinthe Department of Population Health Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Col...