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Jen Runkle

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Research Scholar, Senior

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Dr. Jennifer Runkle is an Environmental Epidemiologist with wide-ranging experience translating population-based science into action-based solutions for a variety of stakeholders. She is engaged in a range of research projects focused on issues at the nexus of climate and human health. She also supports interagency research activities as the liaison between NOAA NCEI and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Runkle joined NCICS in November 2014 as a member of the Assessments Technical Support Unit. She was an editor and author for the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s report entitled The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States, which was released in 2016, and for the NOAA State Climate Summaries.

Her research interests include examining the health effects of climate change and variability, with particular interest in characterizing localized impacts for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and outdoor workers. She is interested in advancing the science around how social and environmental factors work independently and jointly to influence climate-health outcome associations and using this information to identify community-level pathways to resilience.

Research topic areas include weather-related disasters, coastal community resilience, occupational health and safety, reproductive health, and mental health and well-being.

Dr. Runkle holds an MSPH and PhD in environmental epidemiology from the University of South Carolina and completed postdoctoral training in environmental and occupational epidemiology at Emory University.

 

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