Justin Remais
Adjunct Professor
Affinity Group: Environmental Engineering
| Office: | Emory University, Claudia Nance Rollins Building Rm. 2023 |
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| Address: | Emory University Department of Environmental Health |
| Phone: | 404-712-8908 |
| Email: | justin.remais@emory.edu |
| Web: | http://www.sph.emory.edu/eoh/remais/ |
Dr. Justin Remais specializes in mathematical and statistical modeling of environmentally-mediated infectious disease, with an interest in understanding the fundamental processes of disease spread in changing environments. His NIH- and NSF-funded research in China examines the spatial and temporal factors that facilitate or limit the transmission of parasitic diseases. He also has expertise in modeling health risks associated with climate change. His current CDC-funded project in this area (with colleagues at Emory and elsewhere) quantitatively examines climate-mediated risks associated with infectious disease vectors, heat stress and outdoor air pollution. He teaches graduate level courses in Climate Change and Health and the Environmental Determinants of Infectious Disease. For additional information, visit: http://www.sph.emory.edu/eoh/remais/.
Research Interests
- Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases
- Computational methods for optimizing surveillance of environmentally-mediated infectious diseases
- Methodological issues in estimating public health co-benefits of greenhouse-gas emission reduction strategies
- Field estimation of greenhouse-gas emissions in resource-poor areas
- Estimating the burden of disease from unsafe water and sanitation in China
Education
- Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, 2006, University of California at Berkeley
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002, University of California at Berkeley
- B.A., Environmental Sciences, 1998, University of California at Berkeley