Ther Aung, MHS, PHD

About Me

Dr. Ther Aung is an environmental health scientist whose research intersects energy transitions, human health, and climate change. She has investigated co-benefits of interventions, such as improved cookstoves, social cash transfers, etc., on climate, health, energy poverty, and time use. Trained as an exposure scientist, she has designed and implemented indoor and outdoor environmental monitoring to study exposures to contaminants, including particulate matter, gases, and nicotine/tobacco. At MetroHealth, she is interested in examining household energy insecurity in the context of extreme weather and temperature events, and its impact on health among children, elderly, and population living with chronic illnesses.

PUBLICATIONS

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/the.aung.1/bibliography/public/

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

CONTACT INFORMATION

The MetroHealth System and Case Western Reserve University
2500 MetroHealth Drive Cleveland, OH 44109
Phone: 216-778-4061
Email: taung@metrohealth.org    twa21@case.edu

 

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS  

  • Environmental and social determinants of health 
  • Air pollution exposure monitoring 
  • Household energy insecurity/poverty  
  • Climate change and non-communicable disease 
  • Environmental justice  

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