Positions
- Associate Professor
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Medicine-General Medicine
Environmental Health Service
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Education
- MS from Harvard School of Public Health
- 01/2001 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Environmental Health Epidemiology
- PhD from Rice University
- 01/1989 - Houston, Texas, United States
- English
- MS from University Of Michigan
- 01/1973 - Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Medical and Biological Illustration
Professional Interests
- Environmental health, epidemiology, asthma, lead poisoning, geospatial modeling, healthy communities
Professional Statement
Dr. Hamilton is director of the Environmental Health Service at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine, and has received numerous awards for her work in environmental health, including the U.S. EPA’s Children’s Environmental Health Champion Award. She has a particular interest in the use of geospatial modeling to assess hot spots of disproportionate exposure and/or health effects, and in the education of health care professionals with regard to the importance of environmental exposures in their practices. In 2014, the Environmental Health Service expanded into clinical care, opening the first-ever academically grounded environmental health clinics in the multistate area.
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