Assessing the impact of heat stress on symptoms of heat stress among residents and workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Layla Kwong, Professor
Public Health
Applications for Spring 2026 are closed for this project.
In an effort to understand how different cooling interventions can impact indoor heat among tin shed homes in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We have collected sociodemographic, physical and mental health, and sleep data, as well as temperature, humidity, and wind speed.
Role: Students with data science skills will help analyze the data and create visualizations for a manuscript. Students need to commit to working for 6-8 hours/week during Spring 2026 and Fall 2026. Students will also help prepare a manuscript based on the data.
Qualifications: Students should know how to code in R and/or pandas in Python. Prior data cleaning and analysis skills are required.
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: All work can be conducted remotely. There will be weekly zoom meetings.
Environmental Issues Biological & Health Sciences