HCRA Faculty

His current research efforts include:

- Using geographic information systems (GIS) to determine spatial heterogeneity in levels of air pollution both outdoors and indoors in low-income urban neighborhoods. This will contribute to a birth cohort study of asthma development for children in the Boston area, which includes social, environmental, and genetic risk factors.

- Developing methods to better estimate exposures and health risks associated with emissions from motor vehicles, including consideration of spatial scales of influence and heterogeneity in exposure and risk.

- Developing quantitative measures of environmental equity suitable for air pollution risk assessment and benefit-cost analysis, including case studies evaluating power plant and diesel bus control strategies

- Modeling exposures and health risks associated with usage of pesticides in urban low-income settings.

- Evaluating the exposure and health risk implications of aviation-related emissions.

Greco SL, Wilson AM, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Spatial patterns of mobile source particulate matter emissions-to-exposure relationships across the United States. Atmos Environ 41: 1011-1025 (2007).

Baxter LK, Clougherty JE, Laden F, Levy JI. Predictors of concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, fine particulate matter, and particle constituents inside of lower socioeconomic status urban homes. J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol, in press.

Peters JL, Levy JI, Rogers CA, Burge HA, Spengler JD. Determinants of allergen concentrations in apartments of asthmatic children living in public housing. J Urban Health, in press.

Stevens G, de Foy B, West JJ, Levy JI. Developing intake fraction estimates with limited data: Comparison of methods in Mexico City. Atmos Environ, in press.

Dodson RE, Levy JI, Shine JP, Spengler JD, Bennett DH. Multi-zonal air flow rates in residences in Boston, Massachusetts. Atmos Environ, in press.

Levy JI, Wilson AM, Zwack LM. Quantifying the efficiency and equity implications of power plant air pollution control strategies in the United States. Environ Health Perspect, in press.

2006

Zhou Y, Levy JI, Evans JS, Hammitt JK. The influence of geographic location on population exposure to emissions from power plants throughout China. Environment International 32: 365-373 (2006).

Levy JI, Chemerynski SM, Tuchmann JT. Incorporating concepts of inequality and inequity into health benefits analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health 5:2 (2006). http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/5/1/2

Levy JI, Baxter LK, Clougherty JE. The air quality impacts of road closures associated with the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Environ Health 5:16 (2006). http://www.ehjournal.net/content/5/1/16/

Choi AL, Levy JI, Dockery DW, Ryan LM, Tolbert PE, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure? Environ Health Perspect 114: 1092-1098 (2006). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8827/8827.html

Nishioka Y, Levy JI, Norris GA. Integrating air pollution, climate change, and economics in a risk-based life cycle analysis: A case study of residential insulation. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 12: 552-571 (2006).

Ostro BD, Tran H, Levy JI. The health benefits of reduced tropospheric ozone in California. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 56: 1007-1021 (2006).

Clougherty JE, Levy JI, Hynes HP, Spengler JD. A longitudinal analysis of the efficacy of environmental interventions on asthma-related quality of life and symptoms among children in urban public housing. J of Asthma 43: 335-343 (2006).

Levy JI, Brugge D, Peters JL, Clougherty JE, Saddler SS. A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing. Soc Sci Med 63: 2191-2203 (2006).

Loh MM, Houseman EA, Gray GM, Levy JI, Spengler JD, Bennett DH. Measured concentrations of VOCs in several non-residential microenvironments in the United States. Environ Sci Technol 40: 6903-6911 (2006).

Freeman E, Brugge D, Bennett-Bradley WM, Levy JI, Rivera-Carrasco E. Challenges of conducting community-based participatory research in Boston's neighborhoods to reduce disparities in asthma. J Urban Health 83: 1013-1021 (2006).

2005

Nishioka Y, Levy JI, Norris GA, Bennett DH, Spengler JD. A risk-based approach to health impact assessment for input-output analysis - Part 1: Methodology. Int J LCA 10 (3): 193-199 (2005).

Levy JI, Chemerynski SM, Sarnat JA. Ozone exposure and mortality: An empiric Bayes metaregression analysis. Epidemiology 16 (4): 458-468 (2005).

Dominici F, Levy JI, Louis TA. Methodological challenges and contributions in disaster epidemiology. Epidemiologic Reviews 27 (1): 9-12 (2005).

Nishioka Y, Levy JI, Norris GA, Bennett DH, Spengler JD. A risk-based approach to health impact assessment for input-output analysis - Part 2: Case study of insulation. Int J LCA 10 (4): 255-262 (2005).

Zota A, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI, Spengler JD. Ventilation in public housing: Implications for indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Indoor Air 15: 393-401 (2005).

2004

Brugge D, Hyde J, Weinbach BH, Levy JI, Steinbach S. The economic benefit of including environmental issues as a component of comprehensive asthma care: A managed care perspective. Dis Manage Health Outcomes 12 (4): 259-272 (2004).

Levy JI, Welker-Hood LK, Clougherty JE, Dodson RE, Steinbach S, Hynes HP. Lung function, asthma symptoms, and quality of life for children in public housing in Boston: a case-series analysis. Environ Health: A Global Access Science Source 3: 13 (2004). http://www.ehjournal.net/content/3/1/13

2003

Levy JI. Issues and uncertainties in estimating the health benefits of air pollution control. J Toxicol Environ Health Part A 16: 1865-1872 (2003).

Levy JI, Bennett DH, Melly SJ, Spengler JD. The influence of traffic patterns on particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in Roxbury, Massachusetts. J Exp Anal Environ Epidemiol 13: 364-371 (2003).

O'Neill MS, Jerrett M, Kawachi I, Levy JI, Gouveia N, Cohen AJ, Wilkinson P, Fletcher T, Cifuentes L, Schwartz J. Health, wealth, and air pollution. Environ Health Perspect 111: 1861-1870 (2003). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2003/6334/6334.html

Levy JI, Wilson AM, Evans JS, Spengler JD. Estimation of primary and secondary particulate matter intake fractions for power plants in Georgia. Environ Sci Technol 37: 5528-5536 (2003).

Zhou Y, Levy JI, Hammitt JK, Evans JS. Estimating population exposure to power plant emissions using CALPUFF: A case study in Beijing, China. Atmos Environ 37 (6): 815-826 (2003).

Cohen JT, Hammitt JK, Levy JI. Fuels for urban transit buses: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Environ Sci Technol 37 (8): 1477-1484 (2003).

Levy JI, Nishioka Y, Spengler JD. The public health benefits of insulation retrofits in existing housing in the United States. Environ Health: A Global Access Science Source 2: 4 (2003). http://www.ehjournal.net/content/2/1/4.

2002

Levy JI, Spengler JD. Modeling the benefits of power plant emission controls in Massachusetts. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 52: 5-18 (2002).

Levy JI, Spengler JD, Hlinka D, Sullivan D, Moon D. Using CALPUFF to evaluate the impacts of power plant emissions in Illinois: Model sensitivity and implications. Atmos Environ 36(6): 1063-1075 (2002).

Levy JI, Dumyahn T, Spengler JD. Particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in indoor and outdoor microenvironments in Boston. J Exp Anal Environ Epidemiol 12: 104-114 (2002).

Houseman EA, Ryan L, Levy JI, Spengler JD. Autocorrelation in real-time continuous monitoring of microenvironments. J Applied Statistics 29: 855-872 (2002).

Levy JI, Wolff SK, Evans JS. A regression-based approach for estimating primary and secondary particulate matter intake fractions. Risk Anal 22: 895-904 (2002).

Nishioka Y, Levy JI, Norris GA, Wilson A, Hofstetter P, Spengler JD. Integrating risk assessment and life cycle assessment: A case study of insulation. Risk Anal 22: 1003-1017 (2002).

Levy JI, Greco SL, Spengler JD. The importance of population susceptibility for air pollution risk assessment: A case study of power plants near Washington, DC. Environ Health Perspect 110: 1253-1260 (2002). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2002/110p1253-1260levy/levy-full.html

Evans JS, Wolff SK, Phonboon K, Levy JI, Smith K. Exposure efficiency: An idea whose time has come? Chemosphere 49: 1075-1091 (2002).

2001

Levy JI, Houseman EA, Spengler JD, Loh P, Ryan L. Fine particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentration patterns in Roxbury, Massachusetts: A community-based GIS analysis. Environ Health Perspect 109: 341-347 (2001). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2001/109p341-347levy/levy-full.html

Levy JI, Carrothers TJ, Tuomisto J, Hammitt JK, Evans JS. Assessing the public health benefits of reduced ozone concentrations. Environ Health Perspect 109: 1215-1226 (2001). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2001/109p1215-1226levy/levy-full.html

2000

Levy JI, Hammitt JK, Spengler JD. Estimating the mortality impacts of particulate matter: What can be learned from between-study variability? Environ Health Perspect 108: 109-117 (2000). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2000/108p109-117levy/levy-full.html

Levy JI, Dilwali K. Economic incentives for sustainable resource consumption at a large university: Past performance and future considerations. Int J Sustainability Higher Ed 1: 252-266 (2000).

Levy JI, Houseman EA, Ryan L, Richardson D, Students from the 1998 Summer Program in Biostatistics, Spengler JD. Particle concentrations in urban microenvironments. Environ Health Perspect 108: 1051-1057 (2000). http://www.ehponline.org/members/2000/108p1051-1057levy/levy-full.html 1999

Levy JI, Nishioka Y, Gilbert K, Cheng C, Burge HA. Variabilities in associations between aerosolizing activities and airborne fungal concentrations in a bakery. Am Ind Hygiene Assoc J 60: 317-325 (1999).

Segui-Gomez M, Levy J, Roman H, Thompson KM, McCabe K, Graham JD. Driver distance from the steering wheel: Perception and objective measurement. Am J Pub Health 89: 1109-1111 (1999).

Levy JI, Hammitt JK, Yanagisawa Y, Spengler JD. Development of a new damage function model for power plants: Methodology and applications. Environ Sci Technol 33: 4364-4372 (1999).

Hammitt JK, Belsky E, Levy J, Graham JD. Residential building codes, affordability, and health protection: A risk-tradeoff approach. Risk Anal 19: 1037-1058 (1999).

1998

Levy JI, Lee K, Spengler JD, Yanagisawa Y, Bischof W, Braathen O, Chung Y, Coward S, Gutschmidt K, Jin K, Korenaga T, Ohkoda Y, Meneses F, Pastuszka J, Patil RS, Qing X, Raizenne M, Salonen MO, Sega K, Seifert B, Shah S, Torres E, Yoon D, Zhang X. Impact of residential nitrogen dioxide exposure on personal exposure: An international study. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 48: 553-560 (1998).

Lee K, Levy JI, Yanagisawa Y, Spengler JD, Billick IH. The Boston residential nitrogen dioxide characterization study: Classification and prediction of indoor NO2 exposure. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 48: 736-742 (1998).

Levy JI, Lee K, Yanagisawa Y, Hutchinson P, Spengler JD. Determinants of nitrogen dioxide concentrations in indoor ice skating rinks. Am J Pub Health 88: 1781-1786 (1998).

Segui-Gomez M, Levy J, Graham J. Airbag safety and the distance of the driver from the steering wheel. [Letter] NEJM 339: 132-133 (1998).