Kipruto Kirwa
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health
- Education
- PhD, Brown University
- kirwa@bu.edu
Urban H Interests: Heat, Health, Housing
Professor Kipruto Kirwa is an environmental epidemiologist who applies techniques from environmental health, epidemiology, and statistical modeling to understand better 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 joins SPH after serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University.
Professor Kirwa also received the 2024 Initiative on Cities Early Stage Urban Research Award, serving as a Co-PI with Gregory Wellenius, Chad Milando, and Emma Gause on redlining and environmental impacts.
- Fields
- Public Impact Scholar