Daniel Carrión-Adao, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)Cards
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Director of Education, Climate Change and Health; Faculty Director of MPH Programs, Academic Affairs
Biography
Dr. Daniel Carrión is an environmental health scientist focused on the intersection of climate, energy, and health (in)equity. He conducts exposure science and environmental epidemiology of ambient temperature and air pollution in the United States and internationally. Broadly speaking, his goal is to understand the relationship between structural forms of inequality with exposure and health disparities to identify and support interventions. More specifically, he is interested in the role of the home and neighborhood environment as opportunities for intervention towards climate and health equity, largely focused on energy transitions.
Dr. Carrión received his BA from Ithaca College, an MPH from New York Medical College, a PhD from Columbia University, and postdoctoral training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Beyond his research, Dr. Carrión is a Senior Fellow of the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice, a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a governor-appointed member to the New York State Minority Health Council.
Appointments
Environmental Health Sciences
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Climate Change and Health
- Climate Change and Health Online Certificate
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Yale School of Public Health
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2021)
- PhD
- Columbia University, Environmental Health Sciences (2019)
- MPH
- New York Medical College, Environmental Health Sciences (2011)
- BA
- Ithaca College, Environmental Studies (2008)
Research
Publications
2026
Associations between greenness change and mental distress prevalence change by housing tenure: An analysis of 109 U.S. metropolitan areas
Prasanth S, Warren J, Carrión D, Gonsalves G, Keene D. Associations between greenness change and mental distress prevalence change by housing tenure: An analysis of 109 U.S. metropolitan areas. Cities 2026, 175: 107222. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.107222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransforming climate change and health practice: a follow-up survey of participants in a global online professional education programme
Rachman A, Sun Y, Babcock-Dunning L, Timm K, Dubrow R, Carrión D. Transforming climate change and health practice: a follow-up survey of participants in a global online professional education programme. BMJ Public Health 2026, 4: e004282. PMID: 42344036, PMCID: PMC13289311, DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-004282.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Heat exposure and drug overdose mortality in the USA
Dennett J, Carrión D, Fiellin D, Gonsalves G. Heat exposure and drug overdose mortality in the USA. Addiction 2025, 121: 275-285. PMID: 41048198, PMCID: PMC12776456, DOI: 10.1111/add.70191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMortality risk and burden associated with non-optimum temperatures in Puerto Rico
Díaz-Collado F, Chu L, Carrión D, Méndez-Lázaro P, Chen K. Mortality risk and burden associated with non-optimum temperatures in Puerto Rico. Environmental Research Letters 2025, 20: 104032. PMID: 40932903, PMCID: PMC12419553, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae013e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA mixed methods evaluation of an online climate change and health certificate program for working professionals
Carrión D, Prasanth S, Hurtado I, Lin-Schweitzer A, Braga M, Munson S, Hines E, Kotcher J, Daly-Haney H, Maibach E, Conlon K, Babcock-Dunning L, Timm K, Dubrow R. A mixed methods evaluation of an online climate change and health certificate program for working professionals. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 2308. PMID: 40611009, PMCID: PMC12224474, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23477-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehind the produce curtain: exploring occupational health of Connecticut migrant farmworkers in a warming climate
Smith N, Dubrow R, Harper A, Carrión D. Behind the produce curtain: exploring occupational health of Connecticut migrant farmworkers in a warming climate. Environmental Research Health 2025, 3: 031001. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/add290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndicators from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Perspectives and Experience of City Leaders from 118 Cities
Ickovics J, Astbury K, Campbell M, Carrión D, James H, Sinha N, Ong A, Dubrow R, Seto K, Vlahov D. Indicators from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Perspectives and Experience of City Leaders from 118 Cities. Journal Of Urban Health 2025, 102: 201-209. PMID: 39762690, PMCID: PMC11865389, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00952-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Simulating desegregation through affordable housing development: an environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law
Prasanth S, Zhang X, Oloyede N, Chen K, Carrión D. Simulating desegregation through affordable housing development: an environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeatwaves and hardship: Shortcomings and solutions for enhancing the low income home energy assistance program to mitigate extreme heat and energy insecurity
Carrión D, Hernández D. Heatwaves and hardship: Shortcomings and solutions for enhancing the low income home energy assistance program to mitigate extreme heat and energy insecurity. The Electricity Journal 2024, 37: 107440. PMID: 39464545, PMCID: PMC11503018, DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2024.107440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidential segregation and summertime air temperature across 13 northeastern U.S. states: potential implications for energy burden
Carrión D, Rush J, Colicino E, Just A. Residential segregation and summertime air temperature across 13 northeastern U.S. states: potential implications for energy burden. Environmental Research Letters 2024, 19: 084005. PMID: 39329068, PMCID: PMC11423957, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5b77.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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- October 28, 2024
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- September 13, 2024Source: The Hartford Courant
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