
Jessica H. Leibler, DrPH, MS
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Jessica H. Leibler, DrPH ScM is an environmental epidemiologist in the Department of Environmental Health at BUSPH, and her research focuses on environmental exposures experienced by disadvantaged populations in the US, including agricultural workers and the homeless. Her work has two central themes: environmental transmission of pathogens through food systems and environmental exposures experienced by the urban poor in the US. Dr. Leibler has studied antibiotic resistant bacterial transmission among industrial food animal workers in the Midwestern United States. She has published studies identifying risk of avian influenza infection among industrial poultry workers and farm-to-farm transmission risk of avian influenza in the US. Dr. Leibler has also lead research on antibiotic resistant bacterial infections and hygiene practices among people experiencing homelessness in Boston. Dr. Leibler is actively engaged in teaching and mentoring students, and teaches the MPH core course "Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Public Health" (PH717) at SPH. Prior to joining the faculty at BU, Dr. Leibler held a research appointment in the Department of Environmental Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health. Dr. Leibler completed her doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins University and her master's degree in Health Policy and Management at Harvard University.
Other Positions
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
Education
- Johns Hopkins University, DPH/DrPH Field of Study: Environmental Health
- Harvard School of Public Health, MS Field of Study: Health Policy Management
- Williams College, BA Field of Study: Political Science
Publications
- Published on 11/10/2021
Spangler KR, Patil P, Peng X, Levy JI, Lane KJ, Tieskens KF, Carnes F, Klevens RM, Erdman EA, Troppy TS, Fabian MP, Leibler JH. Community predictors of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Massachusetts: Evaluating changes over time using geospatially refined data. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 03; 16(2):213-221. PMID: 34761531.
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- Published on 10/27/2021
Kalani TJ, South A, Talmadge C, Leibler J, Whittier C, Rosenbaum M. One map: Using geospatial analysis to understand lead exposure across humans, animals, and the environment in an urban US city. One Health. 2021 Dec; 13:100341. PMID: 34761097.
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- Published on 7/16/2021
Tieskens KF, Patil P, Levy JI, Brochu P, Lane KJ, Fabian MP, Carnes F, Haley BM, Spangler KR, Leibler JH. Time-varying associations between COVID-19 case incidence and community-level sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, and mobility risk factors in Massachusetts. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 16; 21(1):686. PMID: 34271870.
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- Published on 2/17/2021
Tieskens K, Patil P, Levy JI, Brochu P, Lane KJ, Fabian MP, Carnes F, Haley BM, Spangler KR, Leibler JH. Time-varying associations between COVID-19 case incidence and community-level sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, and mobility risk factors in Massachusetts. Res Sq. 2021 Feb 17. PMID: 33619475.
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- Published on 12/15/2020
Peer K, Adams WG, Legler A, Sandel M, Levy JI, Boynton-Jarrett R, Kim C, Leibler JH, Fabian MP. Developing and evaluating a pediatric asthma severity computable phenotype derived from electronic health records. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 06; 147(6):2162-2170. PMID: 33338540.
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- Published on 6/5/2020
Leibler JH, Ramirez-Rubio O, Velázquez JJA, Pilarte DL, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Gadupudi S, Scammell MK, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR. Biomarkers of kidney injury among children in a high-risk region for chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 02; 36(2):387-396. PMID: 32504218.
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- Published on 12/11/2019
Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Leibler JH, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR. Comment on Sarathkumara et al.: Exposure to Hantavirus is a Risk Factor Associated with Kidney Diseases in Sri Lanka: A Cross Sectional Study. Viruses. 2019 12 11; 11(12). PMID: 31835714.
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- Published on 12/1/2019
Dignard C, Leibler JH. Recent Research on Occupational Animal Exposures and Health Risks: A Narrative Review. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2019 12; 6(4):236-246. PMID: 31823248.
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- Published on 10/1/2019
Leibler JH, Liebschutz JM, Keosaian J, Stewart C, Monteiro J, Woodruff A, Stein MD. Homelessness, Personal Hygiene, and MRSA Nasal Colonization among Persons Who Inject Drugs. J Urban Health. 2019 10; 96(5):734-740. PMID: 31493182.
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- Published on 9/1/2019
Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Friedman DJ, Leibler JH, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Galloway RL, Ramírez-Rubio O, Riefkohl A, Brooks DR. Investigating Possible Infectious Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in a Nicaraguan Mining Community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 09; 101(3):676-683. PMID: 31309920.
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News & In the Media
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Published on March 19, 2022
Racial Disparities in Mass. COVID Deaths Are Widest among Younger Adults
- Published on November 4, 2021
- Published on October 28, 2021
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Published on March 11, 2021
Essential Workers Worry They Are Being Left behind as Other Groups Are Prioritized for Vaccines
- Published on January 5, 2021
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Published on December 11, 2020
Professor Examines COVID-19, Other Disease Transmission in Vulnerable Populations
- Published on May 7, 2020
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Published on June 3, 2019
Researcher Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis to SPH Grads: “Stand Up for What Is Right”
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Published on February 20, 2019
Fingers, Hands at Special Risk in Poultry Processing Operations
- Published on September 13, 2018
- Published on August 29, 2018
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Published on July 18, 2018
Poultry Processing Workers Face Injuries in Wisconsin, Nationwide
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Published on July 18, 2018
Poultry Processing Workers Face Injuries in Wisconsin, Nationwide
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Published on July 18, 2018
Poultry Processing Workers Face Injuries in Wisconsin, Nationwide
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Published on July 18, 2018
Poultry Processing Workers Face Injuries in Wisconsin, Nationwide
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Published on July 3, 2017
Continuing Search for Causes of Kidney Disease in Central America
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Published on June 19, 2017
Psychological Distress Among Slaughterhouse Workers Warrants Further Study
- Published on March 18, 2017
- Published on June 10, 2016
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Published on March 2, 2016
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Identified among Beef-Packing Workers
- Published on October 5, 2015
- Published on November 25, 2013