Policy-induced air pollution health disparities: Statistical and data science considerations.
Mork D, Delaney S, Dominici F.
Science. 2024 Jul 26. 385(6707):391-396. PMID: 39052789
Primary Faculty
Francesca Dominici
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science
Biostatistics
Other Positions
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Environmental Health
Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative
Provost Staff
OPR
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Overview
Dr. Francesca Dominici is a data scientist whose pioneering scientific contributions have advanced public health research around the globe. Her life’s work has focused broadly on developing and advancing methods for the analysis of large, heterogeneous data sets to identify and understand the health impacts of environmental threats and inform policy.
Dr. Dominici received her B.S. in Statistics from University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy and her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Padua in Italy. She did her postdoctoral training with Scott L. Zeger and Jonathan M. Samet at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. In 1999, she was appointed Assistant Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and in 2007 she was promoted to Full Professor with tenure. Dr. Dominici was recruited to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a tenured Professor of Biostatistics in 2009. She was appointed Associate Dean of Information Technology in 2011 and Senior Associate Dean for Research in 2013. She is currently the Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. Dr. Dominici was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.
Dr. Dominici is also the founder and the lead PI for the National Studies on Air Pollution and Health Group (NSAPH), which is a group of faculty, research scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and college students studying data science methodologies in the context of climate change, environmental impacts on health outcomes, and regulatory policy. The group has over 100 members and includes 25 Principal Investigators & Faculty over 12 institutions.
Dr. Dominici is also one of the lead PIs for the BUSPH-HSPH Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center, CAFÉ. The CAFÉ is a three-year cooperative agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a critical component of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative to manage and support ongoing climate change and health research and capacity building efforts.
Bibliography
Comparing traditional and causal inference methodologies for evaluating impacts of long-term air pollution exposure on hospitalization with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Qin MM, Khoshnevis N, Dominici F, Braun D, Zanobetti A, Mork D.
Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 38907309
Excess Fatal Overdoses in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Geography and Substance Type: March 2020-August 2021.
Chandra J, Charpignon ML, Bhaskar A, Therriault A, Chen YH, Mooney A, Dahleh MA, Kiang MV, Dominici F.
Am J Public Health. 2024 Jun. 114(6):599-609. PMID: 38718338
Long-term exposure to air pollution, greenness and temperature and survival after a nonfatal myocardial infarction.
Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Dominici F, James P, Josey KP, Kaufman J, Nethery RC, Rimm EB, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Hart JE, Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Dominici F, James P, Josey KP, Kaufman J, Nethery RC, Rimm EB, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Hart JE, Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Dominici F, James P, Josey KP, Kaufman J, Nethery RC, Rimm EB, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Hart JE.
Environ Pollut. 2024 Aug 15. 355:124236. PMID: 38801880
Confounder-dependent Bayesian mixture model: Characterizing heterogeneity of causal effects in air pollution epidemiology.
Zorzetto D, Bargagli-Stoffi FJ, Canale A, Dominici F.
Biometrics. 2024 Mar 27. 80(2). PMID: 38640436
Differential recall bias in estimating treatment effects in observational studies.
Bong S, Lee K, Dominici F.
Biometrics. 2024 Mar 27. 80(2). PMID: 38919141
Associations of fine particulate matter with incident cardiovascular disease; comparing models using ZIP code-level and individual-level fine particulate matter and confounders.
Klompmaker JO, Hart JE, Dominici F, James P, Roscoe C, Schwartz J, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Laden F.
Sci Total Environ. 2024 May 20. 926:171866. PMID: 38521279
All cause and cause specific mortality associated with transition to daylight saving time in US: nationwide, time series, observational study.
Zhao S, Cao W, Liao G, Guo Z, Xu L, Shen C, Chang C, Liang X, Wang K, He D, Sun S, Chen R, Dominici F.
BMJ Med. 2024. 3(1):e000771. PMID: 38464392
Exposure-response associations between chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and risks of hospital admission for major cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study.
Wei Y, Feng Y, Danesh Yazdi M, Yin K, Castro E, Shtein A, Qiu X, Peralta AA, Coull BA, Dominici F, Schwartz JD.
BMJ. 2024 02 21. 384:e076939. PMID: 38383041
Short term exposure to low level ambient fine particulate matter and natural cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory morbidity among US adults with health insurance: case time series study.
Sun Y, Milando CW, Spangler KR, Wei Y, Schwartz J, Dominici F, Nori-Sarma A, Sun S, Wellenius GA.
BMJ. 2024 02 21. 384:e076322. PMID: 38383039
News
Air pollution exposure in infancy may limit economic mobility in adulthood
Higher exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) during infancy was associated with lower economic earnings in adulthood, according to a new study.
Francesca Dominici, Ronnie Levin named to TIME 100 Health list
Two members of Harvard Chan School’s Department of Environmental Health—Francesca Dominici and Ronnie Levin—have been named by TIME as among the 100 individuals who most influenced global health in 2024.
Chronic exposure to air pollution may increase risk of cardiovascular hospitalization among seniors
Chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollutants may increase seniors’ risk of cardiovascular hospitalization, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
BU-Harvard research coordinating center hosts inaugural climate and health conference
A joint effort of BUSPH and Harvard Chan School, the NIH-funded CAFÉ Research Coordinating Center welcomed more than 1,300 attendees to discuss research and practice at the nexus of climate and health.
New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research
Stricter new federal regulations on deadly fine particulate air pollution in the U.S. were announced on February 7—and Harvard Chan School research played a key role in the decision.
