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Water, Health, Opportunity Lab (WHO Lab)

@ Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

We study how clean drinking water and other environmental factors impact population health and health disparities. We conduct rigorous and policy-relevant research to generate evidence at a large scale, leveraging transdisciplinary approaches spanning exposure science, geospatial data science, and health informatics.

Our latest projects

MEMCARE

Private drinking water wells are federally unregulated and more likely to be contaminated due to proximity to pollution sources. I developed a machine learning model capable of predicting the risks of chemical contamination in private wells.

Funding for this work is from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program.

19andMe

An interactive risk calculator to assess individual risks and severe health outcomes associated with the global pandemic of COVID-19. Ranked #1 for Google Search Results for 'COVID Risk Calculator'. Currently sunsetted, this app provides a framework for how to relate global events to indiviudual health and behaviors.

ClimaWATCH

Causally assess the impact of heatwaves among the U.S. Medicaid population, a high-risk group burdened by comorbidities and limited social resources. The dashboard allows users to explore spatiotemporal patterns of heatwave exposure, its health impacts, and how social determinants of health affect both.