Environmental Health Science


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Luke P. Naeher

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
lnaeher@uga.edu

150 Environmental Health Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.2454 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Educational Background

Ph.D., Yale University

Area of Specialty

  • Environmental epidemiology
  • Exposure assessment

Research Interests

  • Human exposure assessment and epidemiological investigations relating to hazardous substances in the environment
  • Focus on indoor and outdoor air pollution, pesticides and other agriculture-related exposures
  • Diet-related exposures to persistent organic pollutants and metals.

Professional Affiliations

  • International Society for Exposure Analysis
  • American Thoracic Society
  • American Industrial Hygiene Association

Selected Publications

Tulve NS, Egeghy PP, Fortmann RC, Whitaker DA, Nishioka MG, Naeher LP, Hilliard A. Collection of multi-media measurements and activity pattern data in an observational pilot study of young children living in the Southern United States. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. [in press].

 Beckett W, Gent J, Naeher LP, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken M, Leaderer B. 200x. Peak expiratory flow rate variability is not affected by home combustion sources in a group of non-smoking women. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 61(4): [pages tbd - in press].

Cassidy B, Alabanza-Akers MA, Akers T, Hall DB, Ryan PB, Bayer CW, Naeher LP. 2007. Ambient and street-level air pollution concentrations in Baguio City, Philippines. Science of the Total Environment . 381:47-58.

Visser MC, Ownby D, Aguilar-Villalobos M, Needham LL, Naeher LP. 2007. A pilot study to assess residential endotoxin and blood IgE in a group of pregnant women from Trujillo, Peru. Environment International. 33:147-150.

Naeher LP, Brauer M, Lipsett M, Zelikoff JT, Simpson CD, Koenig JQ, Smith KR. 2007. Woodsmoke health effects: A review. Inhalation Toxicology. 19:67-106.

Glitzenstein JS, Streng DR, Achtemeier GL, Naeher LP, Wade DD. 2006. Fuels and fire behavior in chipped and unchipped plots: implications for land management near the wildland/urban interface. Forest Ecology and Management. 236(1):18-29.

Visser MC, Fairchild B, Czarick M, Lacy M, Worley J, Thompson S, Kastner J, Ritz C, Naeher LP. 2006. Fine particle measurements inside and outside tunnel-ventilated broiler houses. Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 15(3):394-405.

Achtemeier GL, Glitzenstein JS, Naeher LP. 2006. Measurements of smoke from chipped and unchipped plots. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 30:165-171.

Seagrave JC, McDonald JD, Bedrick E, Edgerton ES, Gigliotti AP, Jansen JJ, Naeher LP, Seilkop SK, Zheng M, Mauderly JL. 2006. Lung toxicity of ambient particulate matter from southeastern US sites with different contributing sources: relationships between composition and effects. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114:1387-1393.

Naeher LP, Achtemeier GL, Glitzenstein JS, Streng DR, MacIntosh D. 2006. Real-time and time-integrated PM2.5 and CO from prescribed burns in chipped and non-chipped plots: firefighter and community exposure and health implications. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 16:351-361.

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Courses Taught

EHSC 4080/6080: Environmental Air Quality
EHSC 7060: Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science
FRES 1010: Freshman Seminar: “New Horizons: Finding your Place in the Academic Environment at UGA”