Dr. Koutrakis' research activities focus on the development of human exposure measurement techniques and the investigation of sources, transport, and the fate of air pollutants. In collaboration with his colleagues in the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, he has developed ambient particle concentrators and high volume samplers that can be used to conduct human and animal inhalation studies. He has also developed a personal ozone monitor, a continuous fine particle measurement technique and several other sampling methods for a variety of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. These novel techniques have been used extensively by air pollution scientists and human exposure assessors in United States and worldwide.
Dr. Koutrakis has conducted a number of comprehensive air pollution studies in the United States, Canada, Spain, Chile, Kuwait, Cyprus and Greece that investigate the extent of human exposures to gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Other research interests include the assessment of particulate matter exposures and their effects on the cardiac and pulmonary health.
Dr. Koutrakis is the Head of the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program and the Director of the EPA/Harvard University Center for Ambient Particle Health Effects.
Dr. Koutrakis is a member national and international committees and the past Technical Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. He has published over 170 peer reviewed papers in the areas of air quality, exposure and health effects assessment and instrumentation.
Zilli Vieira CL, Link MS, Garshick E, Peralta AA, Luttmann-Gibson H, Laden F, Liu M, Gold DR, Koutrakis P.
Europace. 2022 May 03. 24(5):713-720. PMID: 34791174
Nurhussien L, Kang CM, Koutrakis P, Coull BA, Rice MB.
Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 May. 19(5):728-736. PMID: 34678126
Wei Y, Qiu X, Sabath MB, Yazdi MD, Yin K, Li L, Peralta AA, Wang C, Koutrakis P, Zanobetti A, Dominici F, Schwartz JD.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May 01. 205(9):1075-1083. PMID: 35073244
Matthaios VN, Lawrence J, Martins MAG, Ferguson ST, Wolfson JM, Harrison RM, Koutrakis P.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Apr 21. 835:155368. PMID: 35460767
Matthaios VN, Kang CM, Wolfson JM, Greco KF, Gaffin JM, Hauptman M, Cunningham A, Petty CR, Lawrence J, Phipatanakul W, Gold DR, Koutrakis P.
Environ Health Perspect. 2022 04. 130(4):47005. PMID: 35446676
Colonna KJ, Koutrakis P, Kinney PL, Cooke RM, Evans JS.
Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35442648
Vesper SJ, Wymer L, Coull BA, Koutrakis P, Cunningham A, Petty CR, Metwali N, Sheehan WJ, Gaffin JM, Permaul P, Lai PS, Bartnikas LM, Hauptman M, Gold DR, Baxi SM, Phipatanakul W.
J Asthma. 2022 Apr 10. 1-8. PMID: 35341426
White AJ, Gregoire AM, Fisher JA, Medgyesi DN, Li L, Koutrakis P, Sandler DP, Jones RR.
Environ Health Perspect. 2022 04. 130(4):47701. PMID: 35377195
Scheerens C, Nurhussien L, Aglan A, Synn AJ, Coull BA, Koutrakis P, Rice MB.
ERJ Open Res. 2022 Jan. 8(1). PMID: 35295231
Dong S, Abu-Awad Y, Kosheleva A, Fong KC, Koutrakis P, Schwartz JD.
Environ Res. 2022 Feb 25. 211:112978. PMID: 35227679
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