Tara Jackson

TL;DR: A decade-long difference-in-differences analysis of the impact of a vacant lot greening program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showed that vacantlot greening was associated with consistent reductions in gun assaults across all 4 sections of the city and with residents' reporting less stress and more exercise in select sections.

TL;DR: Ambient air pollution, as measured by average PM10 concentration, is associated with an increase in the rate of decline of FVC in IPF, suggesting a potential mechanistic role for air pollution in the progression of disease.

TL;DR: A mixed method approach was used to examine the experiences of urban people with asthma in controlling their asthma symptoms and contextualized respondents' perceptions in the framework of the actual community and built environment which tells a more complete story about their experience with asthma.

TL;DR: Although NWAS requires further testing, it is hypothesis-generating and addresses gaps in geospatial analysis related to empiric assessment and could have broad implications for many diseases and future precision medicine studies focused on multilevel risk factors of disease.

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to discern geographic patterns in the first data set to include county-level sleep data, which would enhance the utility of these data for development of public health campaigns.