Ongoing Research
CUIDAR: Cultivating Unified Interventions for the Development of Safe Agricultural Responses to Heat
Investigator: Elizabeth Rojo, MA (DPHS doctoral student)
This project is aimed at developing strategies to safeguard agricultural workers from the health effects of extreme heat.
Development of an Objective Measure of Outdoor Time in Preschool Children
Investigator: Cody Neshteruk, PhD
This NIH-funded project aims to establish analytic guidelines using accelerometer-measured ambient light sensor data to objectively quantify children’s outdoor time.
Published Research
Radon Exposure
Neighborhood-level socioeconomic disparities in Radon testing in North Carolina from 2010 to 2020 (2024) | DPHS Authors: Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, Claire Meernik, PhD, MPH
Climate Change, Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer (2022) | DPHS Authors: Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, Valerie A. Smith, DrPH, MS
Health Impacts of Heat Exposure
Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Among Incarcerated Men (2023) | DPHS Authors: David Cloud, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD
Higher Temperatures in Socially Vulnerable US Communities Increasingly Limit Safe Use of Electric Fans for Cooling (2023) | DPHS Author: Sudha Raman, PhD