Rachel Sklar, PhD π©π»βπ¬
@Sklar_R
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Postdoc @UCSF_PRHE. PhD @UCBerkeleySPH. Research: air pollution, WASH, occupational health. Co-founder @PitVidura. CA native. βοΈ
California, USA
Joined August 2012
Big news! In January, Iβll be starting my dream job as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health @UWDEOHS. π I recently moved to Seattle with the fam and couldn't be more excited and grateful for this new adventure!
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New Study: π factors impact π₯ smoke exposure & preterm birth in CA. Key findings: Unrenovated homes & swamp coolers β higher risk Need to protect vulnerable populations at home and increase π density and affordability in climate resilient areas. https://t.co/L2I1ECRjcK
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We are grateful to Ashok Gadgil @BerkeleyCee @lestachel @wecaresolar, @Sklar_R @pitvidura for sharing powerful stories of social enterprise, user-centered and co-created design, and the challenge of sustainable scale-up. Thank you to Phillip Day @BigIdeasContest for hosting.
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Our new paper provides rare insights on env conditions inside prisons. We found v poor ventilation in high occ housing units esp during winter when heating/recirculation was used. Thnks Coauthors: Elizabeth Noth @realdavIDsears @kwantada @StefBertozzi
https://t.co/jt1x2zPM4r
journals.plos.org
Residents of carceral facilities are exposed to poor ventilation conditions which leads to the spread of communicable diseases such as COVID-19. Indoor ventilation conditions are rarely studied...
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Todayβs highs in expensive, anti-housing coastal California cities: Santa Monica - 77Β° San Francisco - 62Β° La Jolla - 73Β° Todayβs highs in the inexpensive cities that people priced out of CA move to: Phoenix - 110Β° Las Vegas - 104Β° Houston - 99Β° Dallas - 106Β°
Her bedroom was 100 degrees during Phoenix heat wave -- and her AC was out
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Join us tomorrow for an update on my research!
Join us at 1 pm PT this Wednesday for #EaRTHinar w @Sklar_R - Examining physical housing factors and disaggregated race and ethnic groups to better understand the association between #wildfiresmoke exposure and preterm birth in California. #wildfires
https://t.co/KsoexxpNip
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Another paper from my dissertation published! Thanks to @Patrick_Gurian and others for the collaboration.
Recently published work with @acceptsrisk and other collaborators provides a framework for interpreting indicator bacteria in terms of risk. This includes a dose response function for indicator bacteria (E. coli) in saltwater:
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OPINION: "The debate over data disaggregation in California showed just how much AAPIs are not a monolithic group and how stark some community differences are. So, is it time to break up the AAPI family and go our separate ways?" Harry Mok writes.
sfchronicle.com
Thereβs no common language or culture that ties together the 20 or more groups that can...
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RARE AURORA SEEN IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK⨠Campers in the park last night were in for a real treat if they stayed up to stargaze, stealing glimpses of the phenomenon. #WeWish #HatersWillSayItsPhotoshop #ItIsButShhh #AprilFools #InternationalDarkSkyPark
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housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is housing policy is climate policy is
Too many Californians have been forced to live in areas that are in the crosshairs of catastrophic climate impacts. So we've joined @AsmChrisWard and environmental advocates to sponsor #AB68, the Housing and Climate Solutions Act!
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"Sklar is trying to understand the links between redlining and birth complications for pregnant people in California." Important work from PRHE postdoc @Sklar_R #wildfires #airpollution #pregnancy
https://t.co/WiaZL964lK
salon.com
The legacy of redlining in Fresno isnβt just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality and preterm birth.
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Hot off the @IJGOLive press! Fossil fuel is the common denominator between #climatechange & petrochemical exposures, & effects on women & childrenΚΌs #health by #UCSFEaRTH & @UCSF_PRHE team: @jess_trowpuente @GoinDana @DimiAbrams @Sklar_R @TraceyJWoodruff
https://t.co/nTCjuoSCfK
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@NIMHD @ucsfmerc Dr. Rachel Sklar @Sklar_R is @ucsfmerc Emerging #HealthEquity Scholar and presents on the link between the #housingcrisis, wildfire, and pre-term birth. Really like the approach of studying structural determinants and individual health
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Happening now. I will be speaking on linking the housing crisis in California to wildfire smoke exposure in vulnerable groups
This Fri, June 3 1-3 PM PST is our annual research symposium with keynote by NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable & 3 brief research talks by our Emerging Health Equity Scholar Awardees. Register here: https://t.co/6VoaQsrnzs
#healthequity @UCSFDGIM @JenJamesPhD @Sklar_R
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