Josiah L Kephart

Assistant Professor

Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

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Josiah L Kephart is an Assistant Professor at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health in the United States. His research focuses on climate-related health issues, particularly in Latin America, addressing topics such as heat-related mortality, social disparities in flood exposure, and the impact of air pollution on public health. Recent publications explore the effects of climate hazards on urban communities and the health implications of environmental changes on vulnerable populations.

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Dana Boyd Barr

Emory University

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Suzanne Simkovich

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Georgetown University

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Drexel University

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Individual and city-level variations in heat-related road traffic deaths in Latin America

Future temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities under climate change and population scenarios

Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America

Projected changes in heatwaves over Central and South America using high-resolution regional climate simulations

Tackling heat-related mortality in aging populations

Adolescent mental distress in the wake of climate disasters

Short-term associations between fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in 337 cities in Latin America

Climate hazards in Latin American cities: Understanding the role of the social and built environments and barriers to adaptation action

Sustained use of liquefied petroleum gas following one year of free fuel and behavioral support in Puno, Peru

Effects of a household air pollution intervention using liquefied petroleum gas stoves, continuous fuel distribution and behavioural messaging on dietary and sodium intake of adult women in Puno, Peru: a randomised controlled trial

Modification of temperature-related human mortality by area-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Latin American cities

Ambient nitrogen dioxide in 47 187 neighbourhoods across 326 cities in eight Latin American countries: population exposures and associations with urban features

Greenness and excess deaths from heat in 323 Latin American cities: Do associations vary according to climate zone or green space configuration?

Ambient temperature and term birthweight in Latin American cities

City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America

Household Air Pollution Concentrations after Liquefied Petroleum Gas Interventions in Rural Peru: Findings from a One-Year Randomized Controlled Trial Followed by a One-Year Pragmatic Crossover Trial

Household air pollution and blood markers of inflammation: A cross‐sectional analysis

The effect of population mobility on COVID-19 incidence in 314 Latin American cities: a longitudinal ecological study with mobile phone location data

COVID-19, Ambient Air Pollution, and Environmental Health Inequities in Latin American Cities

Ambient fine particulate matter in Latin American cities: Levels, population exposure, and associated urban factors.

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