Healthy Buildings: How indoor spaces can make you sick - or keep you well
Joseph G. Allen, John D. Macomber.
Healthy Buildings: How indoor spaces can make you sick - or keep you well. 2022.
Primary Faculty
Joseph G. Allen
Overview
BS, Biology
Boston College
MPH, Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health
DSc, Exposure Assessment, Environmental Epidemiology, Biostatistics
Boston University School of Public Health
Commissioner, The Lancet COVID-19 Commission
The Lancet
Chair, The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe Schools, and Safe Travel
The Lancet
Bibliography
Effect of a solar lighting intervention on fuel-based lighting use and exposure to household air pollution in rural Uganda: A randomized controlled trial.
Wallach ES, Lam NL, Nuwagira E, Muyanja D, Tayebwa M, Valeri L, Tsai AC, Vallarino J, Allen JG, Lai PS.
Indoor Air. 2022 02. 32(2):e12986. PMID: 35225388
Use, cost-effectiveness, and end user perspectives of a home solar lighting intervention in rural Uganda: a mixed methods, randomized controlled trial.
Sundararajan R, D'Couto H, Mugerwa J, Tayebwa M, Lam N, Wallach E, Wiens M, Ponticiello M, Stanistreet D, Tsai AC, Vallarino J, Allen JG, Muyanja D, Shrime MG, Nuwagira E, Lai PS.
Environ Res Lett. 2022 Jan. 17(1). PMID: 35295194
Indoor humidity levels and associations with reported symptoms in office buildings.
Jones ER, Cedeño Laurent JG, Young AS, Coull BA, Spengler JD, Allen JG.
Indoor Air. 2022 01. 32(1):e12961. PMID: 34859930
Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning
Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen, The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel.
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 2021.
Associations between Acute Exposures to PM2.5 and Carbon Dioxide Indoors and Cognitive Function in Office Workers: A Multicountry Longitudinal Prospective Observational Study.
Laurent JGC, MacNaughton P, Jones E, Young AS, Bliss M, Flanigan S, Vallarino J, Chen LJ, Cao X, Allen JG.
Environ Res Lett. 2021 Sep. 16(9). PMID: 35330988
Chemical contaminant exposures assessed using silicone wristbands among occupants in office buildings in the USA, UK, China, and India.
Young AS, Herkert N, Stapleton HM, Cedeño Laurent JG, Jones ER, MacNaughton P, Coull BA, James-Todd T, Hauser R, Luna ML, Chung YS, Allen JG.
Environ Int. 2021 11. 156:106727. PMID: 34425641
Validation of in vivo toenail measurements of manganese and mercury using a portable X-ray fluorescence device.
Specht AJ, Zhang X, Young A, Nguyen VT, Christiani DC, Ceballos DM, Allen JG, Weuve J, Nie LH, Weisskopf MG.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 01. PMID: 34211112
Indoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission.
Allen JG, Ibrahim AM.
JAMA. 2021 05 25. 325(20):2112-2113. PMID: 33861316
The Effects of Ventilation and Filtration on Indoor PM2.5 in Office Buildings in Four Countries.
Jones ER, Laurent JGC, Young AS, MacNaughton P, Coull BA, Spengler JD, Allen JG.
Build Environ. 2021 Aug. 200. PMID: 34366550
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Joseph Allen, 12/14/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Joseph Allen, associate professor of Exposure Assessment Science and director of the Healthy Buildings Program. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m.…
