Dr. Burrows studies the impacts of climate change on human health and wellbeing. She is trained in mixed methods approaches and uses a combination of qualitative interviews and bigger data analyses to investigate the ways in which climate and weather-related extremes impact individual and community health. Dr. Burrows has interdisciplinary training in environmental epidemiology (PhD, Yale University School of the Environment) and social-behavioral sciences (MPH, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), which allows her to investigate global health issues from a unique perspective that incorporates sociocultural determinants of health and environmental exposures. As a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University, Dr. Burrows evaluated both the short- and long-term impacts of hurricanes on a range of health outcomes, including cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations and disability. Her current research is focused on the mental health impacts of extreme temperature.
Yale University
New Haven, CT
PhD
2021
Columbia University
New York, NY
MPH
2016
Columbia University
New York, NY
BA
2013
Effects of ambient temperature on mental and neurological conditions in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Effects of ambient temperature on mental and neurological conditions in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Int. 2024 Dec; 194:109166.
PMID: 39603080
Pre-disaster income inequality and post-disaster mental health: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Pre-disaster income inequality and post-disaster mental health: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Health Place. 2024 Nov; 90:103363.
PMID: 39362076
Is residential exposure to oil refineries a novel contextual risk factor for coronary heart disease?
Is residential exposure to oil refineries a novel contextual risk factor for coronary heart disease? Environ Res. 2024 Mar 01; 244:117965.
PMID: 38123048
The impact of residential greenness on psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors.
The impact of residential greenness on psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285510.
PMID: 37167267
Residential exposure to petroleum refining and stroke in the southern United States.
Residential exposure to petroleum refining and stroke in the southern United States. Environ Res Lett. 2022; 17(9).
PMID: 36340862
Why They Stayed and Why They Left-A Case Study from Ellicott City, MD after Flash Flooding.
Why They Stayed and Why They Left-A Case Study from Ellicott City, MD after Flash Flooding. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 08 26; 19(17).
PMID: 36078354
Environmental Displacement and Mental Well-Being in Banjarnegara, Indonesia.
Environmental Displacement and Mental Well-Being in Banjarnegara, Indonesia. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 11; 129(11):117002.
PMID: 34747632