George Douglas Thurston

Professor of Environmental Health Science
D.Sc. 1983 (environmental health sciences), M.S. 1978 (environmental health sciences), Harvard; Sc.B. 1974 (environmental engineering), B.A. 1974 (environmental studies), Brown.

Research Interests:

human health effects of inhaled air pollutants; asthma; aerosol science.

Affiliations:

Deputy Director, NYU-Health Effects Institute (HEI) Particulate Matter Health Effects Research Center

Selected Works:

See a discussion of Dr. Thurston's program's World Trade Center pollution work after 9/11 at: The Department of Environmental Medicine

View a CBS2 news story on Dr. Thurston's work regarding South Bronx children and their exposures to air pollution at: The South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study

Air Pollution as an Underappreciated Cause of Asthma Symptoms, with D.M. Bates. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 290:14. 2003. 1915-1916.

World Trade Center Cough, with L.C. Chen. Lancet. Dec;360 Suppl. 2002. s37-s38.

Climate change. Hidden health benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation, with L. Cifuentes, V. Borja-Aburto, N. Gouveia, and D. Davis. Science 293(5533). 2001. 1257-1259. Summertime haze air pollution and children with asthma, with M. Lippmann, M. Scott and J. M. Fine. Am. J. Resp. and Crit. Care Med. 155. 1997. 654-660.

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