Patricia Grace Tee Lewis, Ph.D
Visiting Scientist
Positions
- Visiting Scientist
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Center for Precision Environmental Health
Program in Population and Environmental Health
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Senior Health Scientist
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Climate and Health
Healthy Communities
Environmental Defense Fund
Houston, Texas, United States
Addresses
- 6550 Fannin Street (Office)
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Neurosensory NB317
Houston, TX, 77030-3411
United States
Phone: (832) 540-7488
patricia.teelewis@bcm.edu
Education
- PhD from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
- 12/2007 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Epidemiology
- MS from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
- 12/1995 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Toxicology
- BA from University of Texas at Austin
- 05/1991 - Austin, Texas, United States
- Biochemistry
Honors & Awards
- Environmental Climate Justice Leadership Award
- Environmental Climate Justice Leadership Staff Award 2023
- Environmental Defense Fund (05/2033)
Professional Interests
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Environmental Justice
- Climate Justice
- Air Pollution
- Health Disparities
- Justice and Equity Screening and Mapping Tools
Professional Statement
I am a Senior Health Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and have a voluntary appointment with Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities in the Center for Precision Environmental Health. I have dedicated my scientific efforts in service to Houston's environmental justice communities to address long standing disparities in environment, climate, and health. I lead EDF's Data to Action work in Houston, providing scientific expertise and guidance to community-based organizations to build environmental justice capacity and to implement community science efforts in underrepresented communities. For example, I assisted three community-based organizations in Houston design, deploy, and operate community owned low-cost air monitoring networks used to measure and advocate for better air quality and public health in their environmental justice neighborhoods. I have also lead interdisciplinary teams in development of regional and national environmental justice screening and mapping tools to identify disadvantaged communities and understand climate, environmental, health, social, economic, and infrastructure drivers leading to neighborhood level inequity and barriers to climate resilience.
Selected Publications
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P Grace Tee Lewis , Weihsueh A Chiu , Ellu Nasser , Jeremy Proville , Aurora Barone , Cloelle Danforth , Bumsik Kim , Jolanda Prozzi , Elena Craft. " " Environ Int. 2023 Feb ; 172
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Liu, G., Moore, K., Su, W.C., Delclos, G.L., de Porras, D.G.R., Yu, B., Tian, H., Luo, B., Lin, S., Lewis, G.T., Craft, E., and Zhang, K.. " " . Sci Total Environ. 2022 Nov ; 849
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Symanski, E., An Han, H., Han, I., McDaniel, M., Whitworth, K.W., McCurdy, S., Perkison, W.B., Rammah, A., Tee Lewis, P.G., Delclos, G.L., Craft, E., Bondy, M., Walker, C.L., Hopkins, L., Cedeno Laurent, J.G., and James, D. " " Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Jun ; 16 (3)
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Bhandari, S., Tee Lewis, P.G., Craft, E., Marvel, S.W., Reif, D.M., and Chiu, W.A. " " Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb ; 17 (4)
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Memberships
- NAS Transportation Research Board
- Marine Environment Committee
- HGAC Regional Air Quality Planning Advisory Committee
- Executive Committee
- Environmental Justice Journal
- Editorial Board Member
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