Kipruto Kirwa

Kipruto Kirwa, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. He is an environmental epidemiologist who applies techniques from environmental health, epidemiology, and statistical modeling to better understand how environmental factors affect human health, and how those effects can be mitigated. His research seeks to improve the quantification of air pollutant exposures, identify population groups most at risk for pollutant-induced harms, and examine the interplay between pollutants and emerging health threats. He previously served as an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University. He earned his PhD from Brown University.