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Kai Chen, PhD

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
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Co-Faculty Director, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Environmental Health Sciences

60 College Street, PO Box 208034

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

About

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Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)

Co-Faculty Director, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering in 2016 from Nanjing University in China. During 2014-2015, he served as a Visiting Scholar at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to joining the Yale School of Public Health faculty in July 2019, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Fellow at Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Center for Environmental Health.

Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the intersection of climate change, air pollution, and human health. His work involves applying multidisciplinary approaches in climate and air pollution sciences, exposure assessment, and environmental epidemiology to investigate how climate change may impact human health. Much of this work has been done in China, Europe, and the U.S.

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Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Humboldt Postdoc Fellow
Helmholtz Zentrum München (2019)
PhD
Nanjing University, Environmental Science and Engineering (2016)
BSc
Nanjing University, Environmental Sciences (2011)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Kai Chen's published research.

Publications

2024

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Environmental Health Sciences

60 College Street, PO Box 208034

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Locations

  • 60 College Street

    Academic Office

    Fl 8th, Rm 824

    New Haven, CT 06510