A5059785158- Health disparities and outcomes
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Online and Blended Learning
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Marine and fisheries research
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Plant and fungal interactions
Boston University
2021-2024
University of New Mexico
2018
Abstract Background Associations between community-level risk factors and COVID-19 incidence have been used to identify vulnerable subpopulations target interventions, but the variability of these associations over time remains largely unknown. We evaluated in predictors case 351 cities towns Massachusetts from March October 2020. Methods Using publicly available sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, mobility datasets, we developed mixed-effect, adjusted Poisson regression models...
Abstract Occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 varies by profession, but “essential workers” are often considered in aggregate COVID-19 models. This aggregation complicates efforts understand risks specific types of workers or industries and target interventions, specifically towards non-healthcare workers. We used census tract-resolution American Community Survey data develop novel essential worker categories among the occupations designated as Essential Services Massachusetts. Census cases...
Combined sewer overflow (CSO) events release untreated wastewater into surface waterbodies during heavy precipitation and snowmelt. systems serve
Abstract Infectious disease surveillance frequently lacks complete information on race and ethnicity, making it difficult to identify health inequities. Greater awareness of this issue has occurred due the COVID-19 pandemic, during which inequities in cases, hospitalizations, deaths were reported but with evidence substantial missing demographic details. Although problem ethnicity data cases been well documented, neither its spatiotemporal variation nor particular drivers have characterized....
Abstract Background: Associations between community-level risk factors and COVID-19 incidence are used to identify vulnerable subpopulations target interventions, but the variability of these associations over time remains largely unknown. We evaluated in predictors case 351 cities towns Massachusetts from March October 2020. Methods : Using publicly available sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, mobility datasets, we developed mixed-effect, adjusted Poisson regression models...
When studying health risks across a large geographic region such as state or province, researchers often assume that finer-resolution data on outcomes and risk factors will improve inferences by avoiding ecological bias other issues associated with aggregation. However, coarser-resolution (e.g., at the town county-level) are more commonly publicly available packaged for easier access, allowing rapid analyses. The advantages limitations of using data, which may precision cost time spent...
Abstract Background Combined sewer overflow (CSO) events release untreated wastewater into surface waterbodies during heavy precipitation or snowmelt. systems serve approximately 40 million people in the United States, primarily urban and suburban municipalities Midwest Northeast. Predicted increases driven by climate change underscore importance of quantifying potential health risks associated with CSO events. Objectives The aims this study were: to 1) estimate association between...
According to the United Nations Convention on Law of Sea (UNCLOS), individual nations? sovereign rights extend 200 nautical miles (n.mi.) (370 km) offshore or a maritime boundary in an area called continental shelf. These include jurisdiction over all resources water column and beneath seabed. Article 76 UNCLOS also establishes criteria determine areas beyond n.mi. limit that could be defined as ?extended shelf,? where nation its seafloor sub-seafloor (As used UNCLOS, ?continental shelf?...