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Michelle Wong
Researcher at California Department of Public Health
Publications - 19
Citations - 271
Michelle Wong is an academic researcher from California Department of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air quality index & Ethnic group. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 19 publications receiving 159 citations.
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The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
Paul English,Luis Olmedo,Ester Bejarano,Humberto Lugo,Eduardo Murillo,Edmund Seto,Michelle Wong,Galatea King,Alexa Wilkie,Dan Meltzer,Graeme Carvlin,Michael Jerrett,Amanda Northcross +12 more
TL;DR: The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network is a collaborative group of community, academic, nongovernmental, and government partners designed to fill the need for more detailed data on particulate matter in an area that often exceeds air quality standards.
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Development and Field Validation of a Community-Engaged Particulate Matter Air Quality Monitoring Network in Imperial, CA.
Graeme Carvlin,Humberto Lugo,Luis Olmedo,Ester Bejarano,Alexa Wilkie,Dan Meltzer,Michelle Wong,Galatea King,Amanda Northcross,Michael Jerrett,Paul English,Donald Hammond,Edmund Seto +12 more
TL;DR: A methodology for quantifying the performance of a next-generation Dylos PM sensor used in the Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network provides data at a much finer spatial and temporal resolution than has previously been possible with government monitoring efforts.
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Relationship of neighborhood social determinants of health on racial/ethnic mortality disparities in US veterans-Mediation and moderating effects.
TL;DR: Neighborhood characteristics, particularly black and AI/AN residential segregation, may contribute toAI/AN mortality disparities among VHA‐users, particularly in communities that were rural, had greater black segregation, or were located on or near AI/ AN reservations.
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Combining Community Engagement and Scientific Approaches in Next-Generation Monitor Siting: The Case of the Imperial County Community Air Network.
Michelle Wong,Esther Bejarano,Graeme Carvlin,Katie Fellows,Galatea King,Humberto Lugo,Michael Jerrett,Dan Meltzer,Amanda Northcross,Luis Olmedo,Edmund Seto,Alexa Wilkie,Paul English +12 more
TL;DR: A collaborative, community-engaged process is used to develop a community air monitoring network that attains the scientific rigor required for research, while also achieving community priorities.
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Association of PTSD with COVID-19 testing and infection in the Veterans Health Administration.
TL;DR: Evaluating pre-existing PTSD as a predictor of COVID-19 testing and test positivity among veterans with PTSD found veterans with a previous PTSD clinical diagnosis were less likely to test positive than veterans without PTSD.