Cyprus Harvard Endowment Program for the Environment and Public Health – Student Projects

Nicole Alkhouri
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology
Project Title
Data from the 3,500 Surveys in the MEDEA Project 
Project Description
Asthma prevalence in school age in relation to ambient air pollution and temperature exposures (and possibly ambient radioactivity) during early life.


Jane Berrill
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology
Project Title
Data from the Sensor Technology MEDEA Project
Project Description
Physical activity of asthmatic children during non-dust days. Is there an effect of climatic factors in relation to personal characteristics.


Cynthia Ma
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology
Project Title
Projections of future temperature-related mortality under climate scenarios by 2060-2100 for Cyprus


Qiyue Nie
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology
Project Title 
PM Constituents by origin of particles & association with mortality
Project Description
PM Constituents by origin of particles & association with mortality


Aashna Shah 
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology 
Project Title
Environmental exposures and fertility outcomes.
Project Description 

The study will examine the association between environmental exposures and their interactions (e.g., temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pollutants), with fertility outcomes in Cyprus. The analysis will be conducted using R statistical software.


Amanda Windsor
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology
Project Title
BEAT Heat Dataset
Project Description 

Correlation of personal temperature vs central temperature measurements in CF and healthy controls and associations with repeated assessments of personal thermal discomfort.


Madeline Wissoker
SM in Environmental Health Risk Sciences
Project Title
Effects of solar radiation or radon on mortality using data from Cyprus, Crete, and possibly other cities/countries from the region.


Jialin Xu
SM Environmental Health Epidemiology 
Project Title
Effects of shot-lived radon progeny on mortality


Maryam Zafar
SM in Environmental Health Epidemiology 

Project Title 
Impact of early life exposures to air pollution and non-persistent chemicals on allergies and respiratory health in children of the Rhea mother-child cohort.
Project Description
The study will examine whether early life exposures (pregnancy and/or early years of life) to air pollution and non-persistent chemicals are associated with respiratory health (asthma, wheeze, lung function) or other allergic conditions (allergic rhinitis and atopic eczema) in children and pre-adolescents. The project will include longitudinal data from Rhea mother-child cohort, analyzed by using STATA (and/or R) statistical software.