S. Katharine Hammond
PH 220C Health Risk Assessment, Regulation, and Policy
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PH 267B Characterization of Airborne Chemicals
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Dr. Hammond's research interests are exposure to airborne materials and their health effects including:
- Responses of asthmatic children to short-term fluctuations in particulate air pollution
- Neurologic and reproductive effects of hexane on workers
- Exposure and health effects of secondhand smoke and international efforts for tobacco control
- Evaluating exposure and health effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on asthmatic children and workers in China from the combustion of smoky coal.
Dr. Hammond’s research has been at the intersection of several disciplines, and much of her scientific contribution has involved the ability to move among these disciplines and to bridge them. Her early work focused on the pulmonary effects of exposures to silicon carbide in manufacturing, the carcinogenic potential of diesel exhaust exposures in railroad workers, and the effects of machining fluids in the automobile industry. She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in tobacco research and in exposure assessment and is considered the world’s leading expert on exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). Her initial research led to the development of several methods to measure SHS in the air including both an active and a passive monitor for nicotine. Her work on two major studies of SHS exposure on commercial airlines led to the banning of cigarette smoking on domestic flights. For the last eight years Dr. Hammond has been engaged in a major epidemiological study of children with asthma which evaluates each child’s exposure to myriad chemical and biological agents on a daily basis. This has lead to further innovative work using pine needles as passive samplers for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In May, 2008, Dr. Hammond received the Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor Award from the Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute to develop a set of tools to evaluate secondhand smoke exposure of flight attendants on commercial aircraft from 1950 to the present. Currently Dr. Hammond is continuing a previous study of automotive workers’ exposure to hexane in brake cleaning fluid causing peripheral neuropathy. This study led the state to issue a warning and manufacturers discontinued the use of hexane in the products. Her new research will examine persistent peripheral neuropathy, cognitive effects, and reproductive effects in automechanics in the Bay Area.
Wamboldt, Frederick S., Ronald C. Balkissoon, Allison E. Rankin, Stanley J. Szefler, S. Katharine Hammond, Russell E. Glasgow, W. Perry Dickinson. Correlates of household smoking bans in low income families of children with and without asthma. Family Process 47:81-94, 2008. PMID: 18411831
Tian, Linwei , Lucas, Donald , Fischer, Susan L, Lee,. S. C., Hammond, S. Katharine, and Koshland, Catherine P. Particle and Gas Emissions from a Simulated Coal-Burning Household Fire Pit. Environmental Science and Technology 42:2503-2508, 2008. PMID: 18504988
Schick, S., Gvinianidze K., Tsereteli D., Novotny T., Hammond K. Pilot Study of Compliance with Healthcare Facility Smoking Laws in Georgia. Georgian Medical News 1 (154): 47-52, 2008 PMID: 18323594
Heiss, Christian, Nicolas Amabile, Andrew C. Lee, Wendy May Real, Suzaynn Schick, David Lao, Maelene L. Wong, Sarah Jahn, , Franca S. Angeli, Petros Minasi, Matthew L. Springer, S. Katharine Hammond, Stanton A. Glantz, William Grossman, John R. Balmes, Yerem Yeghiazarians. Brief second hand smoke exposure depresses EPC activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted NO production . Journal of the American College of Cardiology 51:1760-1771 ,2008. PMID: 18452782
Gan, Quan , S. Katharine Hammond, Yuan Jiang, Yan Yang, Teh-wei Hu. Effectiveness of Smoke-free policy in Lowering Office Secondhand Smoke Concentrations in China Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 50:570-575, 2008. PMID: 18469626
Yueh-Hsiu Chiu, Jaime E. Hart, Thomas J. Smith, S. Katharine Hammond, Eric Garshick and Francine Laden. Nicotine Contamination in Particulate Matter Sampling. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 6: 601-607, 2009.
