CSUF: Media Guide – Fresno State Air-Quality Faculty Experts

Press release from California State University Fresno:

October 5, 2020

Several Fresno State faculty members may be able to share their expertise about various air-quality issues.

If you need assistance connecting with these experts, please contact University Communications at lboyles@csufresno.edu or 559.246.1717.

Emanuel Alcala, research analyst with the Central Valley Health Policy Institute
ealcala@csufresno.edu

EXPERTISE:

• Air quality
• Asthma research

Dr. John Capitman, director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute and professor in the Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services
jcapitman@csufresno.edu | 617.838.1513 (available by phone)

EXPERTISE:

• Air pollution
• Health inequity
• Health disparities
• Public health policy
• Sits on governing board of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Dr. Alam Hasson, associate dean, College of Science and Mathematics
ahasson@csufresno.edu

EXPERTISE:

• Theoretical calculations aimed at improving our understanding of air pollution and climate change
• Physical chemistry
• Atmospheric chemistry

Dr. Lynn Jakobs, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services
ljakobs@csufresno.edu

EXPERTISE:

• Respiratory illness in rural farmworkers (might provide an interesting angle)

Dr. Jaymin Kwon, associate professor in the Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services
jkwon@csufresno.edu

EXPERTISE:

• Air pollution, exposure assessment
• Air pollution epidemiology
• Impact of air pollution exposure on pregnancy and other health outcomes

Dr. Aric Mine, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics
amine@mail.fresnostate.edu | 518.598.2793

EXPERTISE:

• Biogeochemistry
• Environmental Science
• Geobiology

Dr. Tania Pacheco-Werner, co-assistant director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute, College of Health and Human Services; and board member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
tpacheco@csufresno.edu | 559.228.2162

EXPERTISE:

• Health equity/inequity
• Neighborhood pollutants linked to hospitalizations
• Effects of pollution in certain zip codes
• Birth outcomes related to pollutants

This press release was produced by California State University Fresno. The views expressed here are the author’s own.