Nina R. Brooks

I am an Assistant Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. At University of Michigan, I am a Faculty Affiliate of the Population Dynamics and Health Program in the Institute for Social Research, the Center For Global Health Equity, the Graham Sustainability Institute, and the Erb Institute.

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.