Laura Kwong

Laura Kwong is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, specializing in environmental justice and global health equity. Her work focuses on designing and evaluating engineering interventions to address health disparities in low-income countries, particularly regarding child/maternal health, air pollution, and infectious diseases. She employs community-based participatory research methods in Bangladesh, Uganda, Indonesia, China, and other regions.

Dr. Kwong holds a PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, with prior experience as an ORISE Fellow at the U.S. EPA. Her interdisciplinary research integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, including randomized-controlled trials and sensor-based assessments. Key areas include household-level interventions to reduce environmental contamination, fecal exposure mitigation, and climate-resilient sanitation solutions.

Her recent publications highlight community-driven solutions for energy access, fecal pathogen transmission pathways, and the impact of weather extremes on health. She leads the Global Environmental Health Equity Lab, emphasizing human-centered design in public health infrastructure. Dr. Kwong’s work bridges engineering and public health to advance equity in resource-poor settings, with a focus on interventions that address both health and environmental sustainability.