Zewdie and Hajat Co-Author Publication on Residential Segregation and Air Pollution

Posted: 1/31/2025 ()

Racial segregation is a fundamental cause of disease, but research on its relationship with air pollution beyond sociodemographic mechanisms remains underdeveloped. To address this gap, CSDE Trainee Hiwot Zewdie and Affiliate Anjum Hajat (Epidemiology) recently collaborated with several co-authors to publish a paper in Environmental Epidemiology entitled “Racial residential segregation is associated with ambient air pollution exposure after adjustment for multilevel sociodemographic factors: Evidence from eight US-based cohorts.” The findings suggest that segregation is independently associated with air pollution beyond SES factors, and may be a confounding variable that should be considered in future epidemiological studies on air pollution. Read the full article here.