Ph.D. Student Profile

Savannah  Sturla Irizarry

Savannah Sturla Irizarry

  • Doctoral Candidate
  • Cognate: Environmental Health Sciences

Education

  • BS Environmental Sciences, UC Berkeley (2021)

Research Interests & Projects

  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • Environmental Justice
  • Health Equity
  • Climate Change
  • Mixed Methods

Selected Publications

Sturla Irizarry SM, Cathey AL, Rosario Pabón ZY, Vélez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Watkins DJ & Meeker JD. (2024). Urinary phenol and paraben concentrations in association with markers of inflammation during pregnancy in Puerto Rico. Science of the Total Environment, 921, 170889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170889

Meray AO, Sturla S, Siddiquee MR, Serata R, Uhlemann S, Gonzalez-Raymat H,  Denham M, Upadhyay H, Lagos LE, Eddy-Dilek C & Wainwright HM. (2022). PyLEnM: A machine learning framework for long-term groundwater contamination monitoring strategies. Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (9), 5973-83. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07440.

Sturla S. (2021). Effects of air quality disparities on youth asthma in the San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley McNair Research Journal, 28, 78-109.

Sturla S. (2021).“Coral cover and algae growth along a water quality gradient in Moorea, French Polynesia. Berkeley Scientific Journal, 25 (1), 60-7. https://doi.org/10.5070/BS3251051913.

Additional Information

  • Certificate in Environmental Justice
  • Vice President of La Salud School of Public Health
  • EHS DEI Committee Member
  • Institute for Global Change Biology Graduate Fellow
  • International Society of Children’s Health and the Environment Research to Action Fellow
  • International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Member