Kevin Lane
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Kevin James Lane, PhD, MA

Associate Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2631
klane@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Lane’s research focus are in the field of air pollution, built environment, urbanization and impacts of extreme weather on health in local, national and international settings. His expertise in big-data and spatial research has led to the development of novel methods that integrate geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing data and time-activity algorithms to improve exposure assessment and epidemiology. Dr. Lane also is director of the environmental health doctoral training program and teaches multiple GIS courses. Dr. Lane works on a number of research centers related to geospatial data-sharing and large data processing for health studies and is the Associate Director of the BUSPH Center for Health Data Science; and on the NIEHS funded CAFE Community of Practice and NIA funded Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center of Practice Research Coordinating Center. Dr. Lane also is principal investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration ASCENT Project 18 Community Measurements of Aviation Emissions Contribution to Ambient Air Quality. Additionally, he examines air pollution and temperature effects on cardio-metabolic health in India as a co-investigator on the Climate Health and Air (CHAIR) Pollution study, and works on additional studies examining the interactions between air pollution, climate and social stressors on the associations with adverse health outcomes such as preterm birth, low birthweight, menstrual health, PCOS, cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Other Positions

  • CRESSH Career Development Fellow, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • Tufts University, MA Field of Study: Urban Studies
  • Saint Michael's College, BS Field of Study: Biology/Political Science

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEH851
  • SPHPH737

Publications

  • Published on 1/1/2026

    Pablo Knobel, Aditi Singhvi, Helena Krasnov, Elena Colicino, Itai Kloog, Rachel Litke, Kevin Lane, Alex Federman, Charles Mobbs, Maayan Yitshak Sade. . Beyond greenness: multidimensional urban nature profiles and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular risk. Environment International. 2026; (207).

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  • Published on 9/11/2025

    Mueller SC, Patil P, Levy JI, Hudda N, Durant JL, Gause EL, van Loenen BD, Bermudez M, Geddes JA, Lane KJ. Quantifying Aviation-Related Contributions to Ambient Ultrafine Particle Number Concentrations Using Interpretable Machine Learning. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Sep 23; 59(37):19942-19952. PMID: 40934392.

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  • Published on 8/15/2025

    Anneser E, Stopka TJ, Naumova EN, Spangler KR, Lane KJ, Acevedo A, Griffiths JK, Lin Y, Levine P, Corlin L. Environmental Exposures and COVID-19 Experiences in the United States, 2020-2022. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Aug 15; 22(8). PMID: 40869865.

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  • Published on 6/17/2025

    van Loenen BD, Black-Ingersoll F, Durant JL, Levy JI, Patil P, Mueller SC, Gause E, Hudda N, Bermudez M, Lane KJ. Aircraft Arrival and Departure Contributions to Ultrafine Particle Size Distribution in a Near-Airport Community. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Jul 01; 59(25):12853-12864. PMID: 40527744.

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  • Published on 5/19/2025

    Silva EL, Lane KJ, Cheng JJ, Popp Z, van Loenen BD, Coull B, Hart JE, James-Todd T, Mahalingaiah S. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Underdiagnosis Patterns by Individual-level and Spatial Social Vulnerability Measures. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 19; 110(6):1657-1666. PMID: 39394785.

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  • Published on 3/29/2025

    de Bont J, Rajiva A, Mandal S, Stafoggia M, Banerjee T, Dholakia H, Garg A, Ingole V, Jaganathan S, Kloog I, Krishna B, Lane K, Mall RK, Menon J, Nori-Sarma A, Prabhakaran D, Tiwari AS, Wei Y, Wellenius GA, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran P, Ljungman P. Synergistic associations of ambient air pollution and heat on daily mortality in India. Environ Int. 2025 May; 199:109426. PMID: 40245548.

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  • Published on 3/1/2025

    Popp Z, Wing IS, Lane KJ, Wellenius GA. A US heat disaster? Intersection of social vulnerability and temperature extremes exacerbated by mid-century climate change and population shifts. Environmental Research: Health. 2025.

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  • Published on 1/14/2025

    Knobel P, Colicino E, Kloog I, Litke R, Lane K, Federman A, Mobbs C, Yitshak Sade M. Social Vulnerability and Biological Aging in New York City: An Electronic Health Records-Based Study. J Urban Health. 2025 Apr; 102(2):240-249. PMID: 39809980.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Nguyen DD, Levy JI, Kim C, Lane KJ, Simon MC, Hart JE, Whitsel EA, VoPham T, Malwitz A, Peters JL. Characterizing temporal trends in populations exposed to aircraft noise around U.S. airports: 1995-2015. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2025; 1(35).
  • Published on 12/1/2024

    Jaganathan S, Stafoggia M, Rajiva A, Mandal S, Dixit S, de Bont J, Wellenius GA, Lane KJ, Nori-Sarma A, Kloog I, Prabhakaran D, Prabhakaran P, Schwartz J, Ljungman P. Estimating the effect of annual PM2·5 exposure on mortality in India: a difference-in-differences approach. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Dec; 8(12):e987-e996. PMID: 39674205.

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