Christina Hemphill Fuller, ScD, MS
Georgia State University
School of Public Health
P.O. Box 3995, Atlanta, GA 30302
cfuller@gsu.edu
404-413-1388 (work)
404-413-1140 (fax)
EDUCATION
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Harvard School of Public Health
November 2011
Doctor of Science in Environmental Health
Boston, MA
Major Fields: Exposure Assessment and Environmental Epidemiology
Dissertation Title: Community exposure to ultrafine particles from highways and cardiovascular markers
Harvard School of Public Health
Master of Science in Environmental Health
May 2007
Boston, MA
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering
June 2000
Evanston, IL
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
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Vegetation to reduce near-roadway pollution
June 5-6, 2012
Breathe California of Sacramento‐Emigrant Trails (BCSET)
Sacramento, CA
and the Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD
Topic: Discuss the state of the science and identify possible ways to maximize the use of vegetation in the
reduction of air pollution.
Environmental genetics
Harvard School of Public Health
Topic: Learn about the interaction between genes and environmental exposures
January 4-25, 2007
Nicosia, Cyprus
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Georgia State University
2011-present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PI: Dr. Michael Eriksen
Atlanta, GA
 Build institutional capacity to conduct air quality monitoring as part of the Environmental Health Core
within the Center of Excellence
 Monitor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in areas of differing socioeconomic status in Atlanta as part of the
Neighborhoods Matter project. This project is in collaboration with the Sociology Department
 Develop a research project to evaluate the efficiency of vegetative barriers to reduce air pollution
exposures near roadways
Georgia State University (in association with Tufts University)
2011-present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PI: Dr. Doug Brugge
Atlanta, GA
 Continued participation in a Community-based Participatory Research Study of
near-highway air pollution and its association with markers of cardiovascular health
 Learn and implement structural equation monitoring (SEM) for the analysis of association between nearhighway pollutants and cardiovascular markers
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Harvard School of Public Health and Tufts University School of Medicine
2008-2011
Pre-doctoral Researcher, Mentors: John Spengler, Doug Brugge, Murray Mittleman
Boston, MA
 Investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of near-source traffic-related air pollution and its
association with biomarkers of cardiovascular health using a CBPR framework.
 Collect data on ultrafine particulate matter (UFP) and particle-bound PAHs at urban fixed and residential
sites.
 Evaluate the association between UFP exposure and acute response of cardiovascular markers including
CRP, IL-6, TNFa-receptor, fibrinogen and blood pressure.
Harvard School of Public Health
2007-2008
Pre-doctoral Researcher, Mentor: John Spengler
Boston, MA
 Characterized levels and predictors of indoor exposure to pesticides in low-income and largely AfricanAmerican populations in urban Boston, MA and rural Gadsden County, FL.
 Recruited study participants and collected vacuum dust samples for analysis of multiple pesticides.
 Utilized positive matrix factorization as an analysis tool of pesticide relationships.
Harvard School of Public Health
2006-2007
Master’s Researcher, Mentor: Majid Ezzati
Boston, MA
 Examined how urban infrastructure, energy technology, and behavioral patterns affect the population
distribution of air pollution in Accra, Ghana.
 Collaborated with local partners to define the project scope and gather data.
 Designed and implemented a sampling campaign to measure nitrogen oxides within the study area
including recruitment and training of community fieldworkers.
Harvard School of Public Health
2006
Master’s Researcher, Mentor: Rosalind Wright
Boston, MA
 Investigated social factors and health outcomes in a cohort of Boston-area pregnant women of diverse
race/ethnicity.
 Evaluated the association between perceived racial discrimination and depressive symptoms.
Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Law School
2006
Master’s Researcher, Mentors: Allan Hill and Lucie White
Boston and Cambridge, MA
 Studied health issues in Ghanaian communities applying a health and human rights framework.
 Conducted fieldwork in communities throughout Ghana by facilitating community meetings on key issues
of environmental conditions, healthcare and disease.
 Co-wrote a report summarizing the project findings and potential solutions.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
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Fuller CH, Brugge D, Williams PL, Mittleman MA, Lane, Durant JL, Spengler JD. Indoor and outdoor
measurements of particle number concentration in near-highway homes. 2012. (under review with Journal of
Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology).
Fuller CH, Patton AP, Lane K, Laws MB, Marden M, Carrasco E, Mwamburi M, Zamore W, Durant J, Spengler JL,
Brugge D. 2012. A community participatory study of cardiovascular health and exposure to near-highway
air pollution: study design and methods. 2012. (under review with Journal of Environmental and Public
Health).
Fuller CH, Brugge D, Williams PL, Mittleman MA, Durant JL, Spengler JD. Estimation of ultrafine particle
concentrations at near-highway residences using data from local and central monitors. Atmospheric
Environment, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.004.
Arku R, Vallarino J, Dionisio KL, Willis R, Choi H, Wilson JG, Hemphill C, Agyei-Mensah S, Spengler JD, Ezzati
M. Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. Science of the Total
Environment, 2008, 402:217-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.042.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Hemphill Fuller C. Air Pollution. In Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health, ed. Loue S, Sajatovic M: Springer
Science and Business (2012).
Hemphill Fuller C, Reisner E, Meglio D, Brugge D. Challenges of using CBPR to research and solve
environmental health problems. In Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research, ed. Harter L,
Hamel-Lambert J, Millesen J: Kendall Hunt (2011).
PUBLISHED ABTRACTS
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Christina H. Fuller, Doug Brugge, Paige Williams, Murray Mittleman, Kevin Lane, John Durant, John Spengler.
Indoor-outdoor differences in ultrafine particles (UFP) in homes near a highway. ISES conference, October
2011, Baltimore, MD.
Christina Hemphill Fuller, Wig Zamore, John Durant, John Spengler, Doug Brugge. Exposure to highwayrelated ultrafine particles and cardiovascular markers: The CAFEH Project. Joint ISES-ISEE Conference,
August 2010, Seoul, Korea.
Christina Hemphill Fuller, Wig Zamore, John Durant, John D. Spengler, Marie Delnord, Christine Rioux,
Aaron Marden, Doug Brugge. Exposure to highway-related ultrafine particles and cardiovascular markers.
Urban Environmental Pollution Conference, June 2010, Boston, MA.
Doug Brugge, Edna Carrasco, Ellin Reisner, Christina Hemphill Fuller, David Around, Lydia Lowe, Baolian
Kuang, Mkaya Mwamburi, M. Bart Laws, Wig Zamore, John Durant. Community Assessment of Freeway
Exposure and Health: Approach and Methods. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
Conference, April 2010, Boston, MA.
Christina Hemphill, Gary Adamkiewicz, Yu Lee, David Camann, Richard Gragg, John D. Spengler.
Identification of pesticide residue sources in low-income African-American households using positive matrix
factorization. ISES Conference, November 2009, Minneapolis, MN.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
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Christina H. Fuller. John Durant, Paige Williams, Doug Brugge, John Spengler. Variability of Ultrafine
Particles Next to a Highway in an Urban Area. Oral Presentation at ISES Conference. October 2011, Baltimore,
MD.
Christina Hemphill, Rosalind Wright. Racial discrimination and depression in urban women. Oral
presentation given at the New England Science Symposium, Boston, MA, March 2007, Boston, MA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Courses
Instructor, Air Quality and the Environment (PH7155)
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
Developed and instructed the course
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Teaching Assistant, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (ID215)
Harvard School of Public Health
2010
Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Environmental Justice (ENVR-145)
Harvard University Extension School
2008
Invited Presentations
Invited Speaker, Urban Health Seminar
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
Topic: Community et al: A case study in community-based participatory research
March 2012
Invited Speaker, Urban Health Seminar
December 2011
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
Topic: Exposure to ultrafine particles and markers of cardiovascular disease
Invited Speaker, EOME Research Seminar
Harvard School of Public Health
Topic: Near-highway air pollution: A community-focused study.
Guest Lectures
Guest Lecturer, Built Environment and Health (PH7340)
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
Topic: Pollutants near highways
Guest Lecturer, Sampling of the Environment (PH7299)
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
Topic: Air quality measurement
Student programs
Group leader, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Directed students in fieldwork gathering data on nitrogen dioxide within NPU-V in Atlanta
January 2010
February 2012
November 2011
June-July 2012
GRANT SUPPORT
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Current
3P20MD004806-02S1 (NIHMD)
Eriksen (PI)
9/1/11 – 12/31/12
Center of Excellence: Environmental Health Disparities Core
Description: Build capacity for the multidisciplinary study of urban environmental health disparities and
integrate environmental health disparities and environmental injustices into the understanding of the
systemic burden.
Amount: $472,252
Role: Co-Investigator
Completed
PA-08-190 (NIEHS)
Brugge (PI)
Declined
Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health: Supplement
Description: The purpose of this research was to provide focused training and support for Dr. Fuller to
continue research with the CAFEH study and evaluate the association between chronic UFP exposure and
blood pressure measures using structural equation modeling.
Amount: $158,319
Role: I declined this position at Tufts University to accept a postdoctoral research associate position at
Georgia State University.
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T32 HL 007118 (NHLBI)
Fredberg (PI)
9/01/08 – 05/31/11
Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Training Grant
Description: The training program addresses three main problems: air pollution, lung infection, and asthma.
Trainees interact with faculty and fellow trainees with backgrounds in biology, medicine, engineering, and
physics to solve problems at the intersection of pulmonary sciences and environmental exposures.
Amount: $592,698
Role: Predoctoral trainee
5R25GM055353-10 (NIGMS)
Betensky (PI)
9/1/07–8/31/08
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity
Description: The broad aim of the program is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities
pursuing quantitative research careers in public health by expanding and supporting graduate training
opportunities for underrepresented minorities at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Amount: $517,948
Role: Predoctoral trainee
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Travel Award, 2012 ISEE Conference, Columbia, SC
Student Travel Award, 2010 Joint ISES-ISEE Conference, Seoul, South Korea
Third Place, Student Poster Competition, 2009 ISES Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Switzer Fellow, Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, Belfast, ME
Presidential Scholarship, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2012
2010
2009
2008
2005-2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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International Society of Environmental Epidemiologists (ISEE) member
International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) member
Global Health Counsel Member
Society for Public Health Educators (SOPHE) member
2008-present
2008-present
2007-2008
2006-2008
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
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Make the Road by Walking
2004-2005
Environment and Health Manager (part-time)
Brooklyn, NY
 Managed an EPA-funded project to assess environmental health concerns in the predominately lowincome, Latino and African-American community of Bushwick, Brooklyn.
North Star Fund
2004-2005
Program Consultant (part-time)
New York, NY
 Analyzed the critical needs for social change funding in New York City
 Established new guidelines, procedures and forms to direct the evaluation of organizations for funding
NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
2002-2004
Transportation Justice Coordinator
New York, NY
 Advocated for community groups in city, regional and national policy forums on transportation issues
and environmental justice.
 Organized community groups and residents in a successful collaborative effort to pass brownfields
legislation for New York State in 2003.
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Designed and carried to completion a brownfields GIS-mapping project encompassing four low-income,
people of color neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Tetra Tech EMI, Inc.
2000-2002
Environmental Engineer
Chicago, IL
 Revised Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports from state agencies to achieve technical accuracy,
continuity and inclusion of eight mandatory requirements.
 Assisted senior risk assessor with calculations of risk for sites undergoing remediation of chemical
contamination and incorporated revised risk values into client reports.
CH2M Hill, Inc.
2000
Environmental Engineer
Chicago, IL
 Conducted soil and groundwater sampling to assess the extent of onsite and offsite migration of
contaminants.
 Developed alternatives and cost estimates to meet proposed remediation objectives for a variety of
hazardous waste sites.
Camp Dresser and McKee
1998-1999
Undergraduate Student Intern
Chicago, IL
 Provided technical support for watershed characterization and stormwater management plans for
multiple watersheds across the United States.
 Created cost estimates and feasibility evaluations of proposed alternatives.
 Researched various equipment options in the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant.
TECHNOLOGY
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Statistical packages: SAS, R, STATA
Graphing and Data Management: Sigmaplot, Excel, ACCESS
Geographic information systems: ArcView
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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Proficient Spanish, Conversational French
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