Nina R. Brooks

I am an Assistant Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.

My research seeks to document how climate change and air pollution threaten human health and well-being in the Global South and identify real-world, actionable climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. I am an interdisciplinary scholar and draw on methodological approaches from economics, epidemiology, demography, data science, and geography to investigate relationships between the environment and human health and well-being. My research agenda focuses on two areas: (1) climate and air pollution threats to human well-being and (2) mitigation and adaptation solutions, with gender as a cross-cutting theme. My overarching research goal is to generate evidence that can inform climate and health policy, as well as contribute to a healthy and more equitable environment.

I am currently a section editor for the Data Science section at Current Environmental Health Reports.

Before joining SEAS, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and at the School of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. I completed my PhD at Stanford University in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. I also hold an MA in Economics from Stanford University, a Master of Public Policy from Duke University with a certificate in International Development, and a BA in International Political Economy from UC Berkeley. Previously, I worked as a Senior Research Analyst at NORC at the University of Chicago and Manager of Global Affairs for Global Footprint Network.