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Brianna Chan

Brianna
Department of Geography
UC Santa Barbara
Graduate Student Fellow

Brianna is a Geography PhD student at UC Santa Barbara, broadly interested in using geospatial methods to analyze the role of the natural and built environment in driving health disparities, in order to promote equitable access to better health in our communities. Specifically, she is interested in understanding the role of environmental pollutant exposures on women’s menstrual outcomes and conditions.

Brianna received her Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill, and is now working with the Population Health in Geography (PHiG) and Broom Center for Demography groups. 

briannachan@umail.ucsb.edu
Population Health and Environment

Publications

Goel, V., Chan, B., Ziade, M., Yunus, M., Ali, M. T., Khan, M. A. F., Alam, M. N., Faruque, A. S. G., Babu, S., Kabir, M. M., Delamater, P. L., Serre, M., Sobsey, M. D., Islam, M. S., & Emch, M. 2023. 
"Deep tubewell use is associated with increased household microbial contamination in rural Bangladesh: Results from a prospective cohort study among households in rural Bangladesh. "
Environmental Pollution, 324, 121401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121401
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
Thornburg J, Islam S, Billah SM, Chan B, McCombs M, Abbott M, Alam A, Raynes-Greenow C. 2022.
"Pregnant Women’s Exposure to Household Air Pollution in Rural Bangladesh: A Feasibility Study for Poriborton."
The CHANge Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):482. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010482.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment