Mostafijur Rahman
Assistant professor | Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, UNITED STATES
An environmental epidemiologist investigating the health impacts and medical concerns caused by climate change.
Biography
Mostafijur Rahman, Ph.D., M.S., is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Health Sciences from New York University School of Medicine and subsequently completed a three-year postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the intersection of air pollution, climate change, and human health. He applies multidisciplinary approaches in exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology to evaluate the impact of environmental exposures on various health outcomes, including neurodevelopment, mental health, morbidity, and mortality. His studies have yielded significant evidence on the health effects of air pollution sources and compositions, the simultaneous occurrence of high heat and air pollution, temperature increases, and temperature variability. His work has been featured in prestigious news outlets such as Time Magazine, NBC News, Reuters, TODAY, Global News, The Hill, US News and World Report, Scientific American, and The Conversation. Dr. Rahman’s overreaching goal is to foster a multidisciplinary research program that focuses on air pollution and climate change exposures, public health, and environmental justice, and to contribute to evidence-based policy-making and public health interventions.