Daniel Carrión, PhD, MPH
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Director of Education, Climate Change and HealthBiography
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
2024
Residential 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. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5b77.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic White peopleResidential segregationLatino peopleWhite peopleEthnoracial groupsMeasures of residential segregationPlace-based interventionsRegression modelsCooling degree daysU.S. Census dataAdaptive capacityInfluence adaptive capacityIncreasing health concernNortheastern U.S. statesSegregation measuresWithin-countyCensus dataHealth concernEnergy burdenAsian populationsRelief programsCounty averageU.S. statesAsian peopleMinoritized groupsSimulating desegregation through affordable housing development: An environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law
Prasanth S, Oloyede N, Zhang X, Chen K, Carrión D. Simulating desegregation through affordable housing development: An environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law. Health & Place 2024, 88: 103277. PMID: 38781859, PMCID: PMC11190844, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic white residentsEnvironmental health equityAmbient environmental exposuresHealth impact assessmentExposure-response functionsEnvironmental health impact assessmentHealth equityHealth inequalitiesNon-HispanicRate of deathExcess deathsWhite residentsEstimated deathsMortality impactLow-income residentsDesegregation policiesEnvironmental exposuresResidential segregationHousing targetsResidentsHousing developmentDeathSimulated movementHealthImpact assessment
2022
Residential and Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Heat Vulnerability in the United States
Manware M, Dubrow R, Carrión D, Ma Y, Chen K. Residential and Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Heat Vulnerability in the United States. GeoHealth 2022, 6: e2022gh000695. PMID: 36518814, PMCID: PMC9744626, DOI: 10.1029/2022gh000695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures
Gould C, Mujtaba M, Yang Q, Boamah-Kaali E, Quinn A, Manu G, Lee A, Ae-Ngibise K, Carrión D, Kaali S, Kinney P, Jack D, Chillrud S, Asante K. Using time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2022, 33: 386-395. PMID: 36274187, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-022-00483-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir pollution exposurePersonal air pollution exposureControl armPM2.5 exposurePersonal PM2.5 exposurePollution exposureStudy armsLPG armPersonal exposureCooking interventionsAverage PM2.5 exposureExposure estimatesClean cooking interventionsCO exposureMean personal exposuresPregnant womenPersonal CO exposuresPersonal PM2.5Environmental exposuresAccelerometry dataPersonal monitorsInterventionExposureExposure parametersDirect associationMental Health and Well-Being for Patients and Clinicians
Senay E, Levine R, Shepherd J, Rizzo A, Yitshak-Sade M, Carrión D, Liu B, Lewis J, Wright R, Sorensen C, Wortzel J, Pinsky E, Hudson K, Katz C, Gore K, Basu G, Duritz N, Wright R, Sheffield P. Mental Health and Well-Being for Patients and Clinicians. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2022, 64: e661-e666. PMID: 36179344, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002655.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPrediction of daily mean and one-hour maximum PM2.5 concentrations and applications in Central Mexico using satellite-based machine-learning models
Gutiérrez-Avila I, Arfer K, Carrión D, Rush J, Kloog I, Naeger A, Grutter M, Páramo-Figueroa V, Riojas-Rodríguez H, Just A. Prediction of daily mean and one-hour maximum PM2.5 concentrations and applications in Central Mexico using satellite-based machine-learning models. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2022, 32: 917-925. PMID: 36088418, PMCID: PMC9731899, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-022-00471-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes
Janevic T, Lieb W, Ibroci E, Lynch J, Lieber M, Molenaar NM, Rommel AS, de Witte L, Ohrn S, Carreño JM, Krammer F, Zapata LB, Snead MC, Brody RI, Jessel RH, Sestito S, Adler A, Afzal O, Gigase F, Missall R, Carrión D, Stone J, Bergink V, Dolan SM, Howell EA, Group K. The influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes. American Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 2022, 4: 100649. PMID: 35462058, PMCID: PMC9022447, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionGestational age infantsGestational age newbornsPreterm birthAdverse birth outcomesBirth outcomesZone improvement plan codeRelative riskPandemic-related stressPublic insuranceElectronic medical record databasePregnant personsSerologic enzyme-linked immunosorbentBody mass indexLog-binomial regressionMedical record databaseCOVID-19 mortality ratesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentNeighborhood measuresProspective cohortHighest quartileAdjusted analysisMass indexInsurance statusMaternal ageThe Case–Crossover Design Under Changing Baseline Outcome Risk: A Simulation of Ambient Temperature and Preterm Birth
Carrión D, Rush J, Colicino E, Just AC. The Case–Crossover Design Under Changing Baseline Outcome Risk: A Simulation of Ambient Temperature and Preterm Birth. Epidemiology 2022, 33: e14-e15. PMID: 35447631, PMCID: PMC9156557, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeading Upstream: Strategies to Shift Environmental Justice Research From Disparities to Equity
Carrión D, Belcourt A, Fuller CH. Heading Upstream: Strategies to Shift Environmental Justice Research From Disparities to Equity. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: 59-62. PMID: 34936408, PMCID: PMC8713605, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306605.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Evaluating the Impact of the Clean Heat Program on Air Pollution Levels in New York City
Zhang L, He MZ, Gibson EA, Perera F, Lovasi GS, Clougherty JE, Carrión D, Burke K, Fry D, Kioumourtzoglou MA. Evaluating the Impact of the Clean Heat Program on Air Pollution Levels in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives 2021, 129: 127701. PMID: 34878319, PMCID: PMC8653771, DOI: 10.1289/ehp9976.Peer-Reviewed Original Research