Brooke Lappe is a doctoral student and NIH T32 trainee in the Environmental Health Sciences program at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Her research focuses on climate change and health, air quality, and infectious diseases. She collaborates with scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Moderna, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and UC Davis. Prior to joining the doctoral program, Brooke received her Master of Public Health from Emory University, completed a Pathways Internship at the Environmental Protection Agency, and worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology Research and Innovations Branch.
Areas of Interest
- Air Pollution
- Climate and Health
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- Exposure Assessment
- Infectious Disease
- Spatial Analysis/GIS
Education
- Bachelor of Science 2019, University of Missouri
- Master of Public Health 2021, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
- Doctorate of Philosophy 2025, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Affiliations & Activities
Teaching Assistantantships:
- EPI/EHS 747: Advanced Environmental Epidemiology
- EH/GH 582: Global Climate Change: Health Impacts and Response
- EH/GH 586: Advanced Seminar in Climate Change and Health: Research and Policy
- EPI 562: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- BIO141/142: Foundations of Modern Biology I & II
Affiliations
- Emory Climate and Health Research Incubator
- T32 Trainee, NIEHS Environmental Health Science and Toxicology Training Grant, Emory University
Publications
- B Lappe, S Ebelt, R D'Souza, A Manangan, C Brown, S Saha, D Harris, H Chang, A Sole, N Scovronick, 2023, Pollen and asthma morbidity in Atlanta: A 26-year time-series study, Environment International , ,
- B Lappe, M Wikswo, A Kambhampati, S Mirza, J Tate, A Kraay, B Lopman, 2023, Predicting norovirus and rotavirus resurgence in the United States following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mathematical modelling study, BMC Infectious Diseases, ,
- J Vargo, B Lappe, M Mirabelli, K Conlon, 2023, Social Vulnerability in US Communities Affected by Wildfire Smoke, 2011 to 2021, American Journal of Public Health, ,
- B Lappe, J Vargo , 2022, Disruptions from Wildfire Smoke: Vulnerabilities in Local Economies and Disadvantaged Communities in the U.S. , , ,
- Y Wang, J Tan, W Wang, X Duan, B Lappe, L Shi, Y Yang, X Shi, 2022, The Association Between Polymorphisms in Cell-Cycle Genes and Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Coke Oven Workers, Frontiers in Public Health, 10,