Amruta Nori-Sarma
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Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2085
anorisar@bu.edu
Talbot - T454W
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Biography

Amruta Nori-Sarma is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Population Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Environmental Health Department at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Nori-Sarma studies the relationship between environmental exposures associated with climate change and health outcomes in vulnerable communities. Her previous work has examined the impact of heat waves and air pollution on health in vulnerable communities in India, South Korea, and across the US. Her current research aims to understand the impacts of interrelated extreme weather events on mental health across the US utilizing large claims datasets. She also has an interest in evaluating the success of policies put in place to reduce the health impacts of climate change.

Education

  • Yale University, PhD Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • Columbia University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • Princeton University, BSE Field of Study: Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEH722

Publications

  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Lin Z, Weinberger E, Nori-Sarma A, Chinchilla M, Wellenius GA, Jay J. Daily heat and mortality among people experiencing homelessness in 2 urban US counties, 2015-2022. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1576-1582. PMID: 38844692.

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  • Published on 8/9/2024

    Milando CW, Sun Y, Romitti Y, Nori-Sarma A, Gause EL, Spangler KR, Sue Wing I, Wellenius GA. Generalizability of heat-related health risk associations observed in a large healthcare claims database of patients with commercial health insurance. Epidemiology. 2024 Aug 09; 35(6):844-52. PMID: 39120949.

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  • Published on 7/1/2024

    de Bont J, Krishna B, Stafoggia M, Banerjee T, Dholakia H, Garg A, Ingole V, Jaganathan S, Kloog I, Lane K, Mall RK, Mandal S, Nori-Sarma A, Prabhakaran D, Rajiva A, Tiwari AS, Wei Y, Wellenius GA, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran P, Ljungman P. Ambient air pollution and daily mortality in ten cities of India: a causal modelling study. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Jul; 8(7):e433-e440. PMID: 38969471.

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  • Published on 5/1/2024

    Nori-Sarma A, Galea S. Climate change and mental health: a call for a global research agenda. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 May; 11(5):316-317. PMID: 38631783.

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  • Published on 3/14/2024

    Shultz JM, Galea S, Espinel Z, Nori-Sarma A, Shapiro LT, Dimentstein K, Shepherd JM, Nogueira LM. Safeguarding medically high-risk patients from compounding disasters. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Apr; 32:100714. PMID: 38510788.

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  • Published on 2/27/2024

    Mandal S, Rajiva A, Kloog I, Menon JS, Lane KJ, Amini H, Walia GK, Dixit S, Nori-Sarma A, Dutta A, Sharma P, Jaganathan S, Madhipatla KK, Wellenius GA, de Bont J, Venkataraman C, Prabhakaran D, Prabhakaran P, Ljungman P, Schwartz J. Nationwide estimation of daily ambient PM2.5 from 2008 to 2020 at 1 km2 in India using an ensemble approach. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Mar; 3(3):pgae088. PMID: 38456174.

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  • Published on 2/21/2024

    Sun Y, Milando CW, Spangler KR, Wei Y, Schwartz J, Dominici F, Nori-Sarma A, Sun S, Wellenius GA. Short term exposure to low level ambient fine particulate matter and natural cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory morbidity among US adults with health insurance: case time series study. BMJ. 2024 Feb 21; 384:e076322. PMID: 38383039.

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  • Published on 2/14/2024

    Stowell JD, Sun Y, Gause EL, Spangler KR, Schwartz J, Bernstein A, Wellenius GA, Nori-Sarma A. Warm season ambient ozone and children's health in the USA. Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 14; 53(2). PMID: 38553030.

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  • Published on 1/26/2024

    de Bont J, Nori-Sarma A, Stafoggia M, Banerjee T, Ingole V, Jaganathan S, Mandal S, Rajiva A, Krishna B, Kloog I, Lane K, Mall RK, Tiwari A, Wei Y, Wellenius GA, Prabhakaran D, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran P, Ljungman P. Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: A comprehensive multi-city study. Environ Int. 2024 Feb; 184:108461. PMID: 38340402.

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  • Published on 11/1/2023

    Spangler KR, Brochu P, Nori-Sarma A, Milechin D, Rickles M, Davis B, Dukes KA, Lane KJ. Calculating access to parks and other polygonal resources: A description of open-source methodologies. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology. 2023; 47(100606).

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