Publications
Scholars in the Stanford Human and Planetary Health community publish interdisciplinary, solutions-focused research that advances health and sustainability across diverse fields. Below is a curated selection of highlight publications, not a comprehensive list.
Spatial Patterns of Historical Changes in Human Heat Stress Disagree Across Metrics
Stanford Author(s): Qinqin Kong, Renzhi Jing, Sam Heft-Neal, Eran Bendavid
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2025
Overview of Climate Change, Pollution, and Sustainability in the Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases
Stanford Author(s): Tamiko Katsumoto
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2025
Food as Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases and Planetary Health
Stanford Author(s): Tamiko Katsumoto, Lily Sung, Neha Shah
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2025
Lead Exposure and Antisocial Behavior: A Systematic Review of Human and Animal Evidence
Stanford Author(s): Jenna Forsyth
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: September 2025
Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation
Stanford Author(s): Solomon Hsiang
Focus area(s): Food systems, health, and the environment, Climate and health | Published: July 2025
Dietary quality and environmental footprint of health-care foodservice: a quantitative analysis using dietary indices and lifecycle assessment data
Stanford Author(s): Nathalie Lambrecht
Focus area(s): Food systems, health, and the environment | Published: July 2025
Connecting planetary boundaries and planetary health: a resilient and stable Earth system is crucial for human health
Stanford Author(s): Nathalie Lambrecht
Focus area(s): Food systems, health, and the environment | Published: July 2025
A unified strategy for addressing climate change, improving public health, and mitigating environmental degradation
Stanford Author(s): Tamiko Katsumoto
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: June 2025
Planetary health leadership: essential personal characteristics for addressing the planetary crisis
Stanford Author(s): Lisa Patel
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: June 2025
Potential pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in household environments: a study of soil floors and cow dung in rural Bangladesh
Stanford Author(s): Jade Benjamin-Chung
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world, Pollution and health | Published: May 2025
Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh
Stanford Author(s): Steve Luby
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: May 2025
Comparison of unmanned aerial vehicle imaging to ground truth walkthroughs for identifying and classifying trash sites serving as potential Aedes aegypti breeding grounds
Stanford Author(s): Joelle Rosser, Desiree LaBeaud, Giulio DeLeo
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world, Pollution and health | Published: May 2025
Exposure and health risks of benzene from combustion by gas stoves: A modelling approach in U.S. homes
Stanford Author(s): Anchal Garg, Rob Jackson
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: May 2025
Local tree cover predicts mosquito species richness and disease vector presence in a tropical countryside landscape
Stanford Author(s): Johannah Farner, Erin Mordecai
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world, Climate and health | Published: May 2025
Reducing Inhaler-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stanford Author(s): Jyothi Tirumalasetty
Focus area(s): Pollution and health, Climate and health | Published: April 2025
Analysis of Pediatric Acute Upper Airway Pathology During Local Wildfires and Increased PM2.5 Burden
Stanford Author(s): Elizabeth DiRenzo
Focus area(s): Pollution and health, Climate and health | Published: April 2025
Fine Particulate Matter From 2020 California Wildfires and Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits
Stanford Author(s): Youn Soo Jung, Sam Heft-Neal, Marshall Burke, Melissa Bondy
Focus area(s): Climate and health, Pollution and health | Published: April 2025
(Un)Sustainable Science: Greening Practices in Research, Clinical Microbiology, and Veterinary Laboratories Locally and Globally
Stanford Author(s): Bethyl Bayrau, Desiree LaBeaud
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: February 2025
Environmental Determinants of Health—Time to Redefine the Social History?
Stanford Author(s): Michele Barry
Focus area(s): Climate and health, Pollution and health | Published: December 2024
Evolutionary adaptation under climate change: Aedes sp. demonstrates potential to adapt to warming
Stanford Author(s): Erin Mordecai
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world, Climate and health | Published: December 2024
Quantifying the impact of air pollution from coal-fired electricity generation on crop productivity in India
Stanford Author(s): Kirat Singh
Focus area(s): Food systems, health, and the environment, Pollution and health | Published: December 2024
Decreased likelihood of schooling as a consequence of tropical cyclones: Evidence from 13 low- and middle-income countries
Stanford Author(s): Eran Bendavid, Sam Heft-Neal, and Renzhi Jing
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: November 2024
Building blocks of change: The energy, health, and climate co-benefits of more efficient brickmaking in Bangladesh
Stanford Author(s): Steve Luby, Moogdho Mahzab, Grant Miller
Focus area(s): Pollution and health, Climate and health | Published: November 2024
Extreme heat and cardiovascular mortality among structurally marginalized populations in the United States: A scoping review
Stanford Authors: Natasha Mehta, Samantha Wilairat, Michele Barry, Michelle Odden, Andrew Chang
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: November 2024
Pesticides and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: An environment-wide association study
Stanford Authors: John Leppert, David Rehkopf
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: November 2024
Critical Steps To Address Climate, Health, And Equity
Stanford Author(s): Lisa Patel
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: November 2024
Removing lead from the global economy
Stanford Author(s): Steve Luby, Jenna Forsyth
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: November 2024
Seroprevalence, incidence estimates, and environmental risk factors for dengue, chikungunya, and Zika infection amongst children living in informal urban settlements in Indonesia and Fiji
Stanford Author(s): Joelle Rosser
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world | Published: November 2024
Climate emotions, thoughts, and plans among US adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional descriptive survey and analysis by political party identification and self-reported exposure to severe weather events
Stanford Authors: Britt Wray
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2024
Effect of Recent Prescribed Burning and Land Management on Wildfire Burn Severity and Smoke Emissions in the Western United States
Stanford Author(s): Makoto Kelp, Marshall Burke
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2024
Human activities now fuel two-thirds of global methane emissions
Stanford Author(s): Rob Jackson
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2024
Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States
Stanford Author(s):Solomon Hsiang, Rachel Young
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: October 2024
Improved daily PM2.5 estimates in India reveal inequalities in recent enhancement of air quality
Stanford Author(s): Ayako Kuwano, Marshall Burke
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: October 2024
Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh
Stanford Author(s): Steve Luby
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | Published: October 2024
Training for transformation: examining food systems courses at US land-grant universities
Stanford Author(s): Christopher Gardner
Focus area(s): Food systems, health, and the environment | Published: October 2024
Understanding the factors contributing to dengue virus and chikungunya virus seropositivity and seroconversion among children in Kenya
Stanford Author(s): Amna Tariq, Desiree LaBeaud
Focus area(s): Disease ecology in a changing world | Published: October 2024
Evaluating Chemical Transport and Machine Learning Models for Wildfire Smoke PM2.5:Implications for Assessment of Health Impacts
Stanford Author(s): Sam Heft-Neal, Marshall Burke
Focus area(s): Pollution and health, Climate and health | Published: September 2024
Impact of climate change on rheumatic diseases: A scoping review
Stanford Author(s): Tamiko Katsumoto, Hong Nei Wong, Titilola Falasinnu
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: August 2024
Quantifying wildland fire resources deployed during the compound threat of COVID-19
Stanford Author(s): Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: August 2024
Psychological impacts of climate change on US youth
Stanford Author(s): Britt Wray
Focus area(s): Climate and health | Published: May 2024
Disparities in air pollution attributable mortality in the US population by race/ethnicity and sociodemographic factors
Stanford Author(s): Pascal Geldsetzer, Daniel Fridljand, Mathew Kiang, Eran Bendavid, Sam Heft-Neal, Marshall Burke, Alexander Thieme
Focus area(s): Pollution and health | July 2024