Roles
Professor
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Biography
Naresh Kumar, PhD, is a professor of environmental health in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He also holds appointments in the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy and the Department of Geography and Regional Studies.
Dr. Kumar’s research and teaching focus on preventing and managing the burden of environmental disease. His work includes the development of personalized, real-time environmental risk surveillance systems that monitor air pollution and provide targeted alerts to users, such as individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, through mobile and web-based platforms.
He serves as co–principal investigator on projects funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation. His research includes developing methods to quantify ambient air pollution by integrating satellite remote sensing and chemical transport models, as well as creating spatial sampling and survey methodologies to assess population health and demographic characteristics.
Dr. Kumar’s work on air pollution and health has been featured in media outlets such as ScienceDaily and The Wall Street Journal. He teaches environmental health and methods of environmental epidemiology in the MD/MPH, MPH, and doctoral programs.
In addition, Dr. Kumar serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and peer-reviewed journals, including Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Health Perspectives, and Public Opinion Research. -
Education & Training
Education
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Teaching Interests
Environmental Health, Health Effects of Climate, Time-Space Modeling -
Research Interests
Personalized real-time exposure, Air pollution Toxicity, Personalize health risk surveillance, Spatiotemporal Sampling and Modeling, portable air pollution sensors. -
Publications
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