Allan Just

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Allan Just

Nazareth-Ferguson Family University Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Environment and Society

allan_just@brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Climate and health, Remote sensing, Air pollution, Epigenomics, Endocrine disruptors, Children's environmental health

Biography

Allan Just's research investigates how better estimates of the quality of the air we breathe and the temperature in our neighborhoods reveal previously underestimated exposure disparities and health impacts.

Recent News

The Brown Daily Herald

A new Brown center will research the impact of climate change on elderly populations

October 16, 2024

IBES faculty members Allan Just and Elizabeth Fussell will play key roles in the Climate, Health and Aging Innovation and Research Solutions for Communities center.

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News from IBES

With $3.8M grant, new Brown center to research health impacts of climate change on aging populations

October 2, 2024

Funding from the National Institute on Aging will enable Brown researchers, including IBES faculty members Allan Just and Elizabeth Fussell, to study the negative health effects of climate change and develop practical solutions that promote healthy aging.

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IOP Publishing

Residential segregation and summertime air temperature across 13 northeastern U.S. states: potential implications for energy burden

June 25, 2024

IBES and Epidemiology Professor Allan Just is co-author on this paper, which asks: Do minoritized groups experience hotter summers than the area average, and do non-Hispanic white people experience cooler summers?

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EcoRI News

Climate Crisis Fuels Unhealthy Southern New England Air

June 13, 2024

Allan Just, associate professor in IBES and the Department of Epidemiology, offered insights on the current state of local and global air pollution.

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JAMA Network

Extreme Heat and Preterm Birth Risk—Methodologic Considerations and Policy Implications

February 26, 2024

Associate IBES and Epidemiology Professor Allan Just co-authored this editorial accompanying a study that found daily and nighttime extreme heat exposure in the third trimester is associated with increased risks for preterm birth.

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News from IBES

IBES Welcomes New Faculty Members Seda Şalap-Ayça and Allan Just

August 31, 2023

The IBES community is pleased to introduce our two newest faculty members: Seda Şalap-Ayça, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Geospatial Science in IBES and DEEPS, and Allan Just, Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Environment and Society.

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