Patrick Kinney
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Patrick L. Kinney, ScD

Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2469
pkinney@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Kinney joined the School of Public Health faculty in January 2017 as the inaugural Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health. He was trained as an air pollution epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health, and came to BU after two decades at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. In his time at Columbia, he showed how warming temperatures make air pollution like urban smog worse, and more harmful to populations. He led the development of an integrated modeling system to predict the air pollution health effects of climate change into the future. Working at the intersection of climate change, health, and policy, Kinney has conducted research from the South Bronx to China to rapidly growing cities throughout Africa. At Columbia, he also created an interdisciplinary research and teaching program examining the potential impacts of climate change on health. At BU, Kinney is developing a new program that focuses on assessing the health benefits of urban climate action plans, via strategies to promote active transport, green infrastructure, and clean vehicles.

Other Positions

  • Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MS Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • University of Colorado Boulder, BA Field of Study: Fine Arts

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEH720

Publications

  • Published on 12/11/2024

    Stowell JD, Sue Wing I, Romitti Y, Kinney PL, Wellenius GA. Emergency department visits in California associated with wildfire PM2.5: differing risk across individuals and communities. Environ Res Health. 2025 Mar 01; 3(1):015002. PMID: 39670153.

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  • Published on 12/6/2024

    Wilson AJ, Bressler RD, Ivanovich C, Tuholske C, Raymond C, Horton RM, Sobel A, Kinney P, Cavazos T, Shrader JG. Heat disproportionately kills young people: Evidence from wet-bulb temperature in Mexico. Sci Adv. 2024 Dec 06; 10(49):eadq3367. PMID: 39642215.

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  • Published on 10/30/2024

    Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu SC, Moskeland A, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Scamman D, Ali Z, Ameli N, Angelova D, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Basart S, Beagley J, Beggs PJ, Blanco-Villafuerte L, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers JD, Chicmana-Zapata V, Chu L, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dubrow R, Eckelman MJ, Ford JD, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Grubb M, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jatkar H, Jay O, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Lampard P, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Li B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Llabrés-Brustenga A, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx J, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrisey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman OL, Pega F, Perishing AJ, Pinho-Gomes AC, Ponmattam J, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Rojas-Rueda D, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Slater J, Sofiev M, Sorensen C, Springmann M, Stalhandske Z, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Tong D, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Uppstu A, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Xian P, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. Lancet. 2024 Nov 09; 404(10465):1847-1896. PMID: 39488222.

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  • Published on 10/28/2024

    Maji KJ, Li Z, Hu Y, Vaidyanathan A, Stowell JD, Milando C, Wellenius G, Kinney PL, Russell AG, Talat Odman M. Prescribed burn related increases of population exposure to PM2.5 and O3 pollution in the southeastern US over 2013-2020. Environ Int. 2024 Nov; 193:109101. PMID: 39509841.

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  • Published on 10/24/2024

    McIntyre A, Heidari L, Hagen M, Bongiovanni R, Bowman BN, Fabian P, Kinney P, Scammell MK. Extreme Heat and Air Quality: Community Leader Perspectives on Information Barriers and Opportunities in Two Environmental Justice Communities. New Solut. 2024 Oct 24; 10482911241290557. PMID: 39445356.

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  • Published on 10/24/2024

    Buonocore JJ, Fisher J, Prull D, Willis MD, Arunachalam S, Perera F, Kinney P, Sousa B, Levy JI. Federal Policy Platforms and Public Health: Reinforcing the Benefits of Air Pollution Control Devices at Power Plants in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jan; 115(1):30-33. PMID: 39447107.

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  • Published on 8/14/2024

    Buckley L, Arter CA, Willis MD, Geddes JA, Rick C, Kinney PL, Arunachalam S, Buonocore JJ, Levy JI. A comparison of population-level exposure and equity tradeoffs across strategies to reduce fine particulate matter emissions from transportation sources in the northeastern US. Environ Res. 2024 Dec 01; 262(Pt 1):119791. PMID: 39151555.

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  • Published on 6/29/2024

    Maji KJ, Li Z, Vaidyanathan A, Hu Y, Stowell JD, Milando C, Wellenius G, Kinney PL, Russell AG, Odman MT. Estimated Impacts of Prescribed Fires on Air Quality and Premature Deaths in Georgia and Surrounding Areas in the US, 2015-2020. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Jul 16; 58(28):12343-12355. PMID: 38943591.

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  • Published on 6/10/2024

    McIntyre AM, Scammell MK, Kinney PL, Khosla K, Benton L, Bongiovanni R, McCannon J, Milando CW. Portable Air Cleaner Usage and Particulate Matter Exposure Reduction in an Environmental Justice Community: A Pilot Study. Environ Health Insights. 2024; 18:11786302241258587. PMID: 38863688.

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  • Published on 5/8/2024

    Zhang T, Yan B, Henneman L, Kinney P, Hopke PK. Regulation-driven changes in PM2.5 sources in China from 2013 to 2019, a critical review and trend analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jul 15; 934:173091. PMID: 38729379.

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