Predicting cardiometabolic health and air pollution in future transportation landscapes using agent-based models

This project will assess the impacts of future urban transportation landscapes on cardiometabolic health through novel exposure estimation together with air quality modeling of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). Exposures will be associated with markers of cardiovascular diseases using an existing population-based cohort in Augsburg, Germany. Findings will be then scaled up to the whole study area population (Munich metropolitan area), and eventually all of Germany. Various transportation scenarios will be evaluated, such as those related to transport infrastructure, technological advancements, and pricing policies.

Abstracts for investigators' posters to be presented at the HEI 2025 Annual Conference will appear on the HEI website in April 2025.