Recent News & Updates

  1. Dr. Smith’s 2012 Tyler Prize Laureate Video

    For more information, please visit The Tyler Prize

  2. An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability — interconnected challenges and solutions

    van Vuuren, D., Nakicenovic, N., Riahi, K., Brew-Hammond, A., Kammen, D., Modi, V., Nilsson, M., Smith, K., 2012. An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability—interconnected challenges and solutions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, 18–34.
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  3. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health.

    Pinkerton, K.E., Rom, W.N., Akpinar-Elci, M., Balmes, J.R., Bayram, H., Brandli, O., Hollingsworth, J.W., Kinney, P.L., Margolis, H.G., Martin, W.J., Sasser, E.N., Smith, K.R., Takaro, T.K., on behalf of the American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee, 2012. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 9, 3–8.
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  4. Unintended Benefits: Leadership Skills and Behavioral Change among Guatemalan Fieldworkers Employed in a Longitudinal Household Air Pollution Study

    Kuo, D., Thompson, L.M., Lee, A., Romero, C., Smith, K.R., 2011. Unintended Benefits: Leadership Skills and Behavioral Change among Guatemalan Fieldworkers Employed in a Longitudinal Household Air Pollution Study. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 31, 311–330.
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  5. Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke.

    Dix-Cooper L, Eskenazi B, Romero C, Balmes J, and Smith KR. Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposur to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke. Neurotoxicology (2012). 33:246-254.
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  6. Dioxin inhalation doses from wood combustion in indoor cookfires

    Northcross A, Hammond SK, Canuz E, Smith KR (2012) Dioxin inhalation doses from wood combustion in indoor cookfires. Atmospheric Environment, 40 , 415-418, 2012.
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  7. Temperature oscillations may shorten male lifespan via natural selection in utero.

    Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Smith KR, Saxton K. “Temperature oscillations may shorten male lifespan via natural selection in utero.” Climatic Change (2012), 110:697-797.
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  8. Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial

    Smith KR, McCracken JP, Weber MW, Hubbard A, Jenny A, Thompson LM, Balmes J, Diaz A, Arana B, Bruce N. Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2011; 378:1717-1726.
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  9. Intervention to Lower Household Wood Smoke Exposure in Guatemala Reduces ST-Segment Depression on Electrocardiograms

    McCracken J, Smith KR, Stone P, Díaz A, Arana B, Schwartz J. 2011 “Intervention to Lower Household Wood Smoke Exposure in Guatemala Reduces ST-Segment Depression on Electrocardiograms.” Environmental Health Perspectives 119:1562-1568. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002834
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  10. Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for refining disease burden assessments attributable to household biomass combustion

    Johnson P, Balakrishnan K, Ramaswamy P, Ghosh S, Sadhasivam M, Abirami O, Satiasekaran BWC, Smith KR, Thanasekaraan V, Subhashini AS. 2011 “Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for refining disease burden assessments attributable to household biomass
    combustion.” Global Health Action 2011, 4:7226 – DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7226
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