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Susan Anenberg is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and of Global Health. She serves as the Director of the MPH concentration in Global Environmental Health. Dr. Anenberg studies the health implications of air pollution and climate change, from local to global scales.
Dr. Anenberg has been a Co-Founder and Partner at Environmental Health Analytics, LLC, the Deputy Managing Director for Recommendations at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, an environmental scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a senior advisor for clean cookstove initiatives at the U.S. State Department. She has led or contributed to over 25 articles in top academic journals such as Science, Nature, and Nature Climate Change, 15 science-policy reports on air quality and climate change, and five U.S. EPA air quality regulatory support documents. She has worked as a consultant for a variety of non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, such as the Gold Standard Foundation, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, International Council on Clean Transportation, and Health Effects Institute, among others.
PubH 6199: Global Climate Change and Air Pollution: Science, Impacts, and Solutions (2 credits) - Summers 2018 - current.
PubH 6128: Global Environmental and Occupational Health (2 credits) - 2016 - 2017.
PubH 6004: Environmental and Occupational Health in a Sustainable World (2 credits) - 2016 - 2017.
Member, Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 2018 - present.
Member and U.S. Representative, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Expert Group on Short-Lived Climate Forcers, 2018 - present.
Board of Directors, Clean Air Partners, Washington, DC, 2018 - present.
Editor, GeoHealth, 2018 - present.
Founding Associate Editor, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities: Health and Cities, 2019 - present.
Ad-hoc peer reviewer for: Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2011), Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (2012), Canada Foundation for Innovation (2016), Heinz Endowments (2016); Research Council of Norway (2016), National Science Foundation (2017), Academia Sinica (2017), Climate and Clean Air Coalition (2017), Johns Hopkins University Press (2018), French National Research Agency (2018), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2018), NASA (2018).
Dr. Anenberg's research examines interrelationships between air quality, climate change, public health, and environmental policy. She uses multi-disciplinary methods, drawing from epidemiology, exposure science, remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry and meteorology, numerical modeling, and economics.
Previous research included pioneering and applying methods to estimate the global mortality burden of ambient air pollution, linking epidemiology with chemical transport modeling. Her 2010 Environmental Health Perspectives article showed that the air pollution burden of disease could be 5 times larger than previously estimated by the World Health Organization. While working at the U.S. EPA, she collaborated with an international team of researchers to show that mitigating climate change could have substantial health co-benefits, reversing trends of worsening air pollution in Africa and South, West, and Central Asia. This work, published in Science and Environmental Health Perspectives in 2012, led in part to the formation of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, which now includes over 50 countries and many intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. In 2017, she co-led an article published in Nature, which estimated the public health consequences of excess diesel NOx emissions from light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles worldwide.
Health impacts of climate change. Future changes in air quality, wildfires, dust storms, aeroallergens, and temperature are expected to influence cardiovascular and respiratory disease. We are exploring the degree to which these changes in environmental conditions may impact public health in the U.S. and globally.
Health impacts of air pollution. Ambient air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk factor affecting people around the world -- and the 5th leading risk factor overall. We are developing new methods to estimate the impacts of air pollution on health, incorporating new knowledge about the various health outcomes affected, as well as new scientific tools to assess exposure, such as satellite remote sensing.
Health co-benefits of actions to mitigate air pollution and climate change. Air pollution and climate change influence each other and are interlinked by common sources of emissions. Many actions that can be taken to mitigate one will also benefit the other. We are working to understand ways in which public health can benefit from addressing both air pollution and climate change together, particularly focusing on cities and urban planning worldwide. We are also developing decision-support tools that can help policy-makers better evaluate the consequences of different options for public health.
Chemical facilities and risk of major industrial diasters. Chemical fires, explosions, and releases from industrial facilities are frequent in the U.S. and around the world. Many of these facilities are located in areas that are vulnerable to extreme weather and other changes driven by climate change. This is a major public health and safety risk that remains largely unexplored. Dr. Anenberg is the former Deputy Managing Director for Recommendations at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board. This is an emerging area of investigation for the Anenberg Research Group.
Achakulwisut, P., M. Brauer, P. Hystad, S.C. Anenberg (2019) Global, national, and urban burdens of pediatric asthma incidence attributable to ambient NO2 pollution: estimates from global datasets. Lancet Planetary Health, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30046-4.
Achakulwisut, P., S.C. Anenberg, J.E. Neumann, S.L. Penn, N. Weiss, A. Crimmins, N. Fann, J. Martinich, H. Roman, L.J. Mickley (2019) Effects of increasing aridity on airborne dust and health in the U.S. Southwest under climate change. GeoHealth, doi: 10.1029/2019GH000187.
Anenberg, S.C., and C. Kalman (2019) Extreme weather, chemical facilities, and vulnerable communities in the U.S. Gulf Coast: a disastrous combination. GeoHealth, doi: 10.1029/2019GH000197.
Neumann, J.E., S.C. Anenberg, K. Weinberger, M. Amend, S. Gulati, A. Crimmins, H. Roman, N. Fann, P. Kinney (2018) Estimates of present and future asthma emergency department visits associated with exposure to oak, birch, and grass pollen in the United States, GeoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000153.
Anenberg, S.C., D.K. Henze, V. Tinney, P.L. Kinney, W. Raich, N. Fann, C.S. Malley, H. Roman, L. Lamsal, B. Duncan, R.V. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, M. Brauer, R. Doherty, J.E. Jonson, Y. Davila, K. Sudo, J.C.I. Kuylenstierna (2018) Estimates of the global burden of ambient PM2.5, ozone, and NO2 on asthma incidence and emergency room visits, Environmental Health Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3766.
Schmale, J., S. Arnold, K. Law, T. Thorp, S. Anenberg, W. Simpson, J. Mao, K. Pratt (2018) Local Arctic air pollution: A neglected but serious problem. Earth’s Future, 6. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000952.
Ford, B., M. Val Martin, S.E. Zelasky, E.V. Fischer, S.C. Anenberg, C.L. Heald, J.R. Pierce (2018) Future fire impacts on smoke concentrations, visibility, and health in the contiguous United States. GeoHealth, 2, doi:10.1029/2018GH000144.
Achakulwisut, P., L. Mickley, S. Anenberg (2018) Drought-sensitivity of fine dust in the U.S. Southwest: Implications for air quality and public health under future climate change. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 054025, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aabf20.
Malley, C.S., D.K. Henze, J.C.I. Kuylenstierna, H.W. Vallack, Y. Davila, S.C. Anenberg, M.C. Turner, M.R. Ashmore (2017) Long-term ambient ozone exposure and attributable mortality in adults ≥30 years of age: Updated global estimates for respiratory outcomes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(8): 087021.
Anenberg, S.C., J. Miller, R. Minjares, L. Du, D. Henze, F. Lacey, C. Malley, V. Franco, L. Emberson, Z. Klimont, C. Heyes (2017) Impacts and mitigation of excess diesel NOx emissions in 11 major vehicle markets. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature22086.
Anenberg, S.C., K. Weinberger, H. Roman, J. Neumann, A. Crimmins, N. Fann, J. Martinich, P. Kinney (2017) Impacts of oak pollen on allergic asthma in the United States and potential influence of future climate change. GeoHealth, 1, doi:10.1002/2017GH000055.
Anenberg, S.C., D. Henze, F. Lacey, A. Irfan, P. Kinney, G. Kleiman, A. Pillarisetti (2017) Air pollution-related health and climate benefits of clean cookstove programs in Mozambique. Environmental Research Letters, 12: 025066.
Tinney, V., S.C. Anenberg, M. Kaszniak, B. Robinson (2016) Eighteen years of recommendations to prevent industrial chemical incidents: Results and lessons learned of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, Public Health, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.04.011.
Anenberg, S.C., A. Belova, J. Brandt, N. Fann, S. Greco, S. Guttikunda, M.-E. Heroux, F. Hurley, M. Krzyzanowski, S. Medina, B. Miller, K. Pandey, J. Roos, R. Van Dingenen (2015) Survey of ambient air pollution health risk assessment tools, Risk Analysis, DOI: 10.1111/risa.12540.
Sarofim, M., S. Waldhoff, S.C. Anenberg (2015) Valuing the ozone-related health co-benefits of methane emission controls, Environmental and Resource Economics, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9937-6.
Fann, N., C. Nolte, P. Dolwick, T. Spero, A. Curry-Brown, S. Phillips, S. Anenberg (2014) The geographic distribution and economic value of climate change-related ozone health impacts in the United States, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 65:5, 570-580.
Anenberg, S.C., J.J. West, H. Yu, M. Chin, M. Schulz, D. Bergmann, I. Bey, H. Bian, T. Diehl, A. Fiore, P. Hess, E. Marmer, V. Montanaro, R. Park, D. Shindell, T. Takemura, F. Dentener (2014) Impacts of intercontinental transport of anthropogenic fine particulate matter on human mortality, Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health, 7, 369:379.
West, J.J., S.J. Smith, R.A. Silva, V. Naik, Y. Zhang, Z. Adelman, M.M. Fry, S. Anenberg, L.W. Horowitz, J.-F. Lamarque (2013) Co-benefits of mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions for future air quality and human health, Nature Climate Change, 3, 885-889.
Silva, R.A., J.J. West, Y. Zhang, S.C. Anenberg, J.-F. Lamarque, D.T. Shindell, W.J. Collins, S. Dalsoren, G. Faluvegi, G. Folberth, L.W. Horowitz, T. Nagashima, V. Naik, S. Rumbold, R. Skeie, K. Sudo, T. Takemura, D. Bergmann, P. Cameron-Smith, I. Cionni, R. Doherty, V. Eyring, B. Josse, I. MacKenzie, D. Plummer, M. Righi, D. Stevenson, S. Strode, S. Szopa, G. Zeng (2013) Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and the contribution of past climate change, Environmental Research Letters, 8, 034005, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034005.
Anenberg, S.C., K. Balakrishnan, J. Jetter, O. Masera, S. Mehta, J. Moss, V. Ramanathan (2013) Cleaner cooking solutions to achieve health, climate, and economic co-benefits, Environmental Science and Technology, 47:3944-3952. (Invited).
Anenberg, S.C., J. Schwartz, D. Shindell, M. Amann, G. Faluvegi, Z. Klimont, G. Maenhout, L. Pozzoli, R. van Dingenen, E. Vignati, L. Emberson, N.Z. Muller, J.J. West, M. Williams, V. Demkine, W.K. Hicks, J. Kuylenstierna, F. Raes, V. Ramanathan (2012) Global air quality and health co-benefits of mitigating near-term climate change through methane and black carbon emission controls, Environmental Health Perspectives, 120:831-839.
Shindell, D., J.C.I. Kuylenstierna, E. Vignati, R. van Dingenen, M. Amann, Z. Klimont, S.C. Anenberg, N. Muller, G. Janssens-Maenhout, F. Raes, J. Schwartz, G. Faluvegi, L. Pozzoli, K. Kupiainen, L. Hoglund-Isakson, L. Emberson, D. Streets, V. Ramanathan, K. Hicks, K. Oanh, G. Milly, M. Williams, V. Demkine, D. Fowler (2012) Simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security, Science, 335:183-189.
Anenberg, S.C., K. Talgo, S. Arunachalam, P. Dolwick, C. Jang, J.J. West (2011) Impacts of global, regional, and sectoral black carbon emission reductions on surface air quality and human mortality, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11:7253-7267.
Fann, N., A. Lamson, S.C. Anenberg, K. Wesson, D. Risley, B.J. Hubbell (2011) Estimating the national public health burden associated with exposure to ambient PM2.5 and ozone, Risk Analysis, 32:81-95.
Shindell, D., G. Faluvegi, M. Walsh, S.C. Anenberg, R. Van Dingenen, N.Z. Muller, J. Austin, D. Koch, G. Milly (2011) Climate, health, agricultural and economic impacts of tighter vehicle emissions standards, Nature Climate Change, 1:59-66.
Anenberg, S.C., L.W. Horowitz, D.Q. Tong, J.J. West (2010) An estimate of the global burden of anthropogenic ozone and fine particulate matter on premature human mortality using atmospheric modeling, Environmental Health Perspectives, 118(9):1189-1195.
Anenberg, S.C., J.J. West, A.M. Fiore, D.A. Jaffe, M.J. Prather, D. Bergmann, C. Cuvelier, F.J. Dentener, B.N. Duncan, M. Gauss, P. Hess, J.E. Jonson, A. Lupu, I.A. MacKenzie, E. Marmer, R.J. Park, M. Sanderson, M. Schultz, D.T. Shindell, S. Szopa, M. Garcia Vivanco, O. Wild, and G. Zeng (2009) Intercontinental impacts of ozone pollution on human mortality, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(17):6482-6487.
Gomez M., S. Casper, E.A. Smith (2007) The CSB Incident Screening Database: Description, summary statistics, and uses, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 159(1):119-129.

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