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Kai Chen is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health (Environmental Health Sciences), where he co-directs the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health and leads the CHEN Lab. He earned his PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from Nanjing University (2016) and completed postdoctoral work at Helmholtz Zentrum München (2019) as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. His research focuses on the intersection of climate change, air pollution, and human health, employing multidisciplinary approaches in exposure assessment, climate modeling, and environmental epidemiology.
- Education: PhD (Nanjing University, 2016), BSc (Nanjing University, 2011)
- Appointments: Associate Professor (Yale, 2019–present), Visiting Scholar (Columbia, 2014–2015)
Dr. Chen's recent work spans climate epidemiology (Nature, Circulation), air pollution health impacts (JAMA, Environmental Science & Technology), and global health studies in China, Europe, and Africa. His CHEN Lab advances frameworks like EnvironMental Health and investigates climate-health linkages through collaborations with the Wu Tsai Institute and Yale Institute for Global Health. Notable findings include quantifying wildfire PM2.5 risks and Ozone-temperature myocardial infarction associations.
Scientific Awards:
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Fellow (2019)
Dr. Chen mentors a team including postdocs (Lingzhi Chu, Ying Hu) and students (Aline Maybank, Caroline Sutton) in the Environmental Health Sciences department. His lab's projects integrate public health modeling and data science to address climate equity, heat vulnerability, and pandemic-related pollution changes. Mailing address: 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034.
