Call for applications: HARMONIZE workshop in Lima

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the training “Harmonizing and modeling climate, environment and health data to support public health decision-making”, a five-day, hands-on program focused on tools and methods for climate, environmental, and health research.

Venue: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

Dates: 22–26 February 2027

Language: English

Full scholarships: travel, accommodation, and meals covered

This initiative is made possible through the Wellcome-funded project HARMONIZE, in collaboration with the IDExtremes and TACTIC projects.

Two training tracks (select only one when applying)

Track 1: Climate and Health Data Harmonization, Modeling and Impact Attribution (22–26 February)

Participants will explore HARMONIZE tools such as data4health, socio4health and clim4health, and the IDExtremes packages from the GHRtools suite, to harmonize data, model and predict health outcomes, and assess the health impacts of climate change using advanced methods developed within TACTIC.

Track 2: Harmonizing Remote Sensing Data for Health (22–24 February)

Participants will learn to process drone and satellite imagery, analyze environmental changes, and integrate data for health research using drones4health, land4health and cube4health. A practical drone flight session is included.

Who can apply?

Applicants from academia (Bachelor’s degree holders, Master’s and PhD students, or postdoctoral researchers), public institutions, government agencies, NGOs, and other relevant professional sectors. Candidates from across Latin America and the Caribbean are encouraged to apply, especially those with knowledge of national datasets and the potential to apply the tools in their work.

Applicants should have at least basic/intermediate knowledge of R, as the course involves hands-on coding. Participants must bring their own laptops; software requirements will be shared closer to the course date.

Key dates

  • Applications open: 2 November 2026

  • Application deadline: 23 November 2026

  • Announcement of selected participants: 1 December 2026