YSPH EHS Seminar: "Social Susceptibility to Air Pollution and Extreme Temperature in a Changing Climate"

NOTE: EHS 525 students are required to attend in person. Others are invited to attend in person, but may also attend via Zoom.

SPEAKER: Jane Clougherty, ScD, MSc - Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University

BIO: Jane E. Clougherty, MSc ScD, is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. She completed her doctorate and post-doctoral training at the Harvard (now T.H. Chan) School of Public Health, and served as Senior Research Scientist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Assistant Professor and Director of Exposure Science at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Her work focuses on the synergistic effects of chronic psychosocial stressors and climate-related environmental exposures on population health. She managed the New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) – one of the largest studies to date on intra-urban variation in pollution – and has led many studies funded by EPA, NIH, the Health Effects Institute, and others. Dr. Clougherty developed and directed the Dornsife PhD program in Environmental and Occupational Health, and served as Chair of the Dornsife Executive Committee of the Faculty. She has been a board member of the International Society for Exposure Science (ISES), an Editorial Board Member for several prominent journals, a member of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), and was awarded the ISES Sally Liu Award for an Outstanding New Investigator in 2012.

YSPH values inclusion & access for all participants. If you have questions about accessibility or would like to request an accommodation, please contact Lorena Bedoya at lorena.bedoya@yale.edu by Tuesday, November 4, 2025.