A5069466508- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Health Care Issues
- Public Health Policies and Education
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Risk Perception and Management
- Health Policy Implementation Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2021-2024
Colorado State University
2018-2023
Colorado School of Public Health
2020
University of Nebraska Medical Center
2020
University of Michigan
2015-2018
Milken Institute
2014-2017
George Washington University
2013-2017
Abstract As anthropogenic emissions continue to decline and from landscape (wild, prescribed, agricultural) fires increase across the coming century, relative importance of landscape‐fire smoke on air quality health in United States (US) will increase. Landscape are a large source fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), which has known negative impacts human health. The seasonal spatial distribution, particle composition, co‐emitted species different sources PM . implications sub‐national...
The environmental burden of disease is the mortality and morbidity attributable to exposures air pollution other stressors. inequality metrics used in cumulative impact justice studies can be incorporated into better understand health disparities ambient pollutant exposures. This study examines diseases pollutants for Detroit urban area. We apportion this various groups emission sources pollutants, show how distributed among demographic socioeconomic subgroups. analysis uses...
Filters can reduce indoor concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5), but their benefits have not been well-characterized. This study investigates exposure, health, and cost impacts high efficiency filters in homes schools, focusing on the asthma-related outcomes. Reductions exposures to PM2.5 from outdoor sources with enhanced (e.g., MERV 12) are estimated using probabilistic air quality models, avoided health quantified impact assessment. These methods applied data Detroit, Michigan, an...
The role of environmental pesticide exposures, such as pyrethroids, and their relationship to sperm abnormalities are not well understood. This study investigated whether exposure pyrethroids was associated with altered frequency sex chromosome disomy in adult men.A sample 75 subjects recruited through a Massachusetts infertility clinic provided urine semen samples. Individual exposures were measured urinary concentrations three pyrethroid metabolites ((3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3PBA), cis-...
Although it is known that sperm aneuploidy contributes to early pregnancy losses and congenital abnormalities, the causes are unknown environmental contaminants suspected.Our goal was evaluate associations between lifetime exposure organochlorines, specifically dichlorodiphenyldicholorethylene (p,p´-DDE) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in men from general population of Faroe Islands, a with history organochlorine exposures.Serum semen samples (n = 90) 22-44 years old who participated...
Despite improvements in air quality over the past 50 years, ambient pollution remains an important public health issue United States. In particular, emissions from coal-fired power plants still have a substantial impact on both nearby and regional populations. Of particular concern is potential for this to fall disproportionately low-income communities of color. We conducted quantitative assessment estimate benefits proposed decommissioning two electricity generating stations Southern Front...
Studies on health effects of air pollution from local sources require exposure assessments that capture spatial and temporal trends. To facilitate intraurban studies in Denver, Colorado, we developed a spatiotemporal prediction model for black carbon (BC). inform our model, collected more than 700 weekly BC samples using personal samplers 2018 to 2020. The incorporated predictors smoothed time trends generate point-level predictions concentrations the years 2009-2020. Our results indicate...
Background: Prenatal environmental and social exposures have been associated with decreased birth weight. However, the effects of combined (CEs) in these domains are not fully understood. Here we assessed multi-domain for participants Healthy Start study (Denver, CO) tested associations neonatal size body composition. Methods: In separate linear regression models, between outcomes three indices exposures. Two were developed to describe hazards (ENV) determinants health (SOC). A third index...
Tools for assessing multiple exposures across several domains (e.g., physical, chemical, and social) are of growing importance in social environmental epidemiology because their value uncovering disparities impact on health outcomes. Here we describe work done within the Environmental influences Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide Cohort Study to build a combined exposure index. Our index considered both hazards stressors simultaneously with national coverage 10-year period. goal was this...
Objective: Limited studies have examined effects of bioaerosols on the respiratory health dairy workers; previous findings been inconsistent across populations. Methods: Using a repeated measures design, exposures to dust, bioaerosols, and ozone were assessed pre- post-shift spirometry was performed for workers ( n = 36). Workers completed 1 8 visits. Linear mixed effect models estimated associations between air pollutant constituents changes in spirometry. Results: There an association...
Abstract Recent ecological analyses suggest air pollution exposure may increase susceptibility to and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Individual‐level studies are needed clarify the relationship between COVID‐19 outcomes. We conduct an individual‐level analysis long‐term weather on peak severity. develop a Bayesian multinomial logistic regression model with multiple imputation approach impute partially missing health Our is based stick‐breaking representation distribution,...