Kevin Lane
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Kevin James Lane, PhD, MA

Associate Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2631
klane@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Lane’s research focus are in the field of air pollution, built environment, urbanization and impacts of climate change on health in local, national and international settings. His expertise in big-data and spatial research has led to the development of novel methods that integrate geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing data and time-activity algorithms to improve exposure assessment and epidemiology. Dr. Lane works on a number of projects related to climate health data management as the Chief Data Officer at the BUSPH Center for Climate and Health. Dr. Lane also is interim director of the environmental health doctoral training program overseeing the NIEHS T32 Training program. Principal Investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration ASCENT Project 18 Community Measurements of Aviation Emissions Contribution to Ambient Air Quality. On the NIH funded CAFE Climate Health Community of Practice Research Coordinating Center Dr Lane is co-lead on the data management core. Additionally, he examines air pollution and temperature effects on cardio-metabolic health in India as a co-investigator on the Climate Health and Air (CHAIR) Pollution study, and works on additional studies examining the interactions between air pollution, climate and social stressors on the associations with adverse health outcomes such as preterm birth, low birthweight, menstrual health, PCOS, cardiovascular disease and mortality. Prior to this position Dr. Lane also was awarded a Yale Climate and Energy Institute postdoctoral fellowship to examine the relationship between the built environment, urban heat island health impacts where he collaborated with researchers to examine these associations in the United States, South Korea and India. Dr. Lane also conducts research with the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health Study at Tufts University to examine health impacts from traffic-related ultrafine particulate matter.

Other Positions

  • CRESSH Career Development Fellow, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • Tufts University, MA Field of Study: Urban Studies
  • Saint Michael's College, BS Field of Study: Biology/Political Science

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEH851
  • SPHPH737

Publications

  • 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 4/22/2024

    Jain A, LaValley M, Dukes K, Lane K, Winter M, Spangler KR, Cesare N, Wang B, Rickles M, Mohammed S. Modeling health and well-being measures using ZIP code spatial neighborhood patterns. Sci Rep. 2024 Apr 22; 14(1):9180. PMID: 38649687.

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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 2/13/2024

    Lin C, Lane KJ, Chomitz VR, Griffiths JK, Brugge D. The Exposure Peaks of Traffic-Related Ultrafine Particles Associated with Inflammatory Biomarkers and Blood Lipid Profiles. Toxics. 2024 Feb 13; 12(2). PMID: 38393242.

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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 12/22/2023

    Anneser E, Levine P, Lane KJ, Corlin L. Climate stress and anxiety, environmental context, and civic engagement: A nationally representative study. J Environ Psychol. 2024 Feb; 93. PMID: 38222971.

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  • Published on 9/21/2023

    Nguyen DD, Levy JI, Kim C, Lane KJ, Simon MC, Hart JE, Whitsel EA, VoPham T, Malwitz A, Peters JL. Characterizing temporal trends in populations exposed to aircraft noise around U.S. airports: 1995-2015. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Sep 21. PMID: 37735518.

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  • Published on 8/2/2023

    Jimenez RB, Bozigar M, Janulewicz P, Lane KJ, Hutyra LR, Fabian MP. School Greenness and Student-Level Academic Performance: Evidence From the Global South. Geohealth. 2023 Aug; 7(8):e2023GH000830. PMID: 37538511.

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  • Published on 7/29/2023

    Haley BM, Patil P, Levy JI, Spangler KR, Tieskens KF, Carnes F, Peng X, Klevens RM, Troppy TS, Fabian MP, Lane KJ, Leibler JH. Evaluating COVID-19 Risk to Essential Workers by Occupational Group: A Case Study in Massachusetts. J Community Health. 2024 Feb; 49(1):91-99. PMID: 37507525.

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  • Published on 7/16/2023

    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. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2023 Nov; 47:100606. PMID: 38042531.

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