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Dr. Michael Jerrett is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto (1996), MA in Political Sciences/Environmental Studies (1988), and BS in Environmental Science from Trent University (1986). His research focuses on exposure assessment, geographic information science, and spatial epidemiology, particularly regarding air pollution health effects and built environment impacts on public health.
Notable roles include membership on the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Exposure Science (2009) and the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Sub-Committee (2013). He was named a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters (2014) for top 1% contributions in Environment/Ecology. His work spans global health issues, including air quality in Africa and wildfire smoke impacts in California.
Key research themes include cardiovascular health effects of particulate matter, metabolic syndrome interactions with pollution, and dementia risk modification. He has pioneered land use regression models for air pollution exposure assessment and contributed to WHO guidelines through collaborative studies in multiple countries.
Recent studies investigate interactions between air pollution and urban green spaces, noise pollution’s role in chronic disease, and the exposome concept. He leads the UCLA C-Solutions initiative and collaborates with community air monitoring networks like Imperial County’s low-cost sensor project.
