environmental health

Dr. Brian Magi

September 28, 2018 by Brian Magi
department: Geography and Earth Sciences

Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

I am an atmospheric scientist studying air quality, with a focus on developing methods to monitor and analyze particulate matter data collected with low-cost sensors that could be distributed in neighborhoods for community-based research. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I collaborate on research and community projects with environmental chemistry and health experts around North Carolina, and as both a scientist and member of the Board of Directors of Clean Air Carolina, a non-profit outreach and advocacy group based in Charlotte (https://cleanaircarolina.org/who-we-are/). I am also member of the Mecklenburg County Air Quality Commission, a group that provides citizen and stakeholder input about local air pollution permitting and strategies (https://www.mecknc.gov/LUESA/AirQuality/EducationandOutreach/Pages/AQC.aspx)
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Dr. Deborah Thomas

September 28, 2018 by Deborah Thomas
department: Geography and Earth Sciences

Professor and Chair
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

I specialize in hazards and health geography and have more than twenty years of experience in the application of geographic information science & technology in a variety of social science application areas, including health and disaster management. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] My teaching and research interests focus on issues of vulnerability/resilience as they relate to both natural and human-induced hazards and health outcomes, commonly emphasizing the role of technology, particularly GIS, in assessing and evaluating the intersection of human-physical systems and the built environment. Around these themes, I have published in numerous journals and is co-editor a book entitled Social Vulnerability. In 2005, I was a Fulbright Scholar to Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. I have worked for the last 10 years in Tanzania as part of a partnership with the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in Mwanza, Tanzania.[/read]

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keywords: environmental healthgis/mappingglobal healthhealth technology