Impacts of train and port pollution and air toxics on respiratory symptoms and ED visits within vulnerable communities in Southern California
Jason Su, Associate Researcher
Public Health
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
In this project, the University of California, Berkeley and ResMed will use the ResMed target population in Southern California SoCal to study the impacts of (1) criteria air pollutant emissions from locomotive and port craft operations and (2) air toxics from point, area and mobile sources on daily rescue medication use within the vulnerable communities in SoCal for the years 2016-2019. The impacts of air pollution on annual emergency department (ED) visits within the vulnerable communities will also be investigated and compared with the air pollution impacts estimated on daily rescue medication use. Further, the sources contributing to the criteria air pollutants and air toxics emissions in the vulnerable communities will be identified.
Role: The student will participate in scientific computing and health outcome analysis through R language, and draft papers for publication.
The student’s key learning outcomes will include increased proficiency in scientific computing with R, improved understanding of the impact of environmental factors on respiratory disease symptoms and improved skills in drafting papers for scientific publication.
Qualifications: Required skills include strong writing skills, familiar with scientific computing in R and demonstrate an interest in studying the impacts of environment on health.
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: We would meet weekly for an hour over Zoom
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