Environmental Determinants of Health

How do nature environmental factors (green space, blue space, air quality, etc.), as well as urban policies, potentially affect our health outcomes?

Project: Green Space and Mental Health Outcomes. NIH K99 Submission (Rejected).

Project: Exploring the Legacy of the Federal Housing Administration’s Housing Policies on Present-Day Disparities in Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight in Chicago, IL. External Collaborators: NYU Langone, & Chicago Department of Public Health. Funded by Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research & Translation Pilot Project Program (PI: Hanxue).

Publications:

2024 Redlining and Estimated Population Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

2024 Mobility-Based Urban Tree Canopy Exposure and Cardiovascular Diseases

2025 A Systematic Review of Historic Neighborhood Redlining and Contemporary Health Outcomes