About:

(She/Her)

I am a public health researcher interested in how economic policy, environmental exposure, and long-term health intersect at the community level. I am particularly interested in these topics as they relate to extractive industries like oil and gas.

I graduated from the University of Rochester in 2021 with a B.A. in Economics, a B.S. in Environmental Health, and a minor in Applied Statistics.

For a year and a half after graduating, I worked as a Research Analyst at Resources for the Future (RFF), a nonpartisan environmental economics think-tank in Washington, DC. I spent 8 months as a full-time Research Assistant at Boston University, working with on a NIH funded project that investigates reproductive health equity, and oil and gas development associated with the PRESTO study and Mary Willis PhD. I continue to contribute to this project part-time through my graudate studies.

At GWU, I have become involved as a research assistant in the GW Air, Climate, and Health Lab (PI: Susan Anenberg, PhD), where I have worked on projects ranging from systematic review to commentary on energy policy modelling. Additionally, I have served as the teaching assistant (2024 and 2025) for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health, an upper level undergraduate course taught by Dan Goldberg, PhD.

I am currently writing my master’s thesis on oil and gas development and adverse birth outcomes, co-advised by Mary Willis, PhD (BU) and Jordan Kuiper PhD (GWU).

You can contact me on twitter @erincampbell234, or via email at ejcam@bu.edu

Current Affiliations:

MPH student at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, concentrating in global environmental health. Expected graduation May 2025.

Graduate research assistant at the GW Air, Climate, and Health Lab, led by Susan Anenberg, PhD.

Part-time staff research assistant at BUSPH’s epidemiology department for the PRESTO study.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

2025:

Hystad P, Hill EL, Larkin A, Schrank D, Harleman M, Volkin E, Campbell EJ, Molitor J, Harris L, Ritz B, Willis MD. “Changes in Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposures and Associations with Adverse Birth Outcomes over a 20-Year Period in Texas.” IJE, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae178.

2024:

O’Donnell C, Campbell EJ, McCormick S, Anenberg SC.”Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal fetal thyroid function: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence.” Environmental Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01116-9

Reimer CJ, Willis MD, Wesselink AK, Hystad P, Campbell EJ, Hatch EE, Kirwa K, Gradus JL, Wise LA, Jiminez MP. “Exposure to residential greenness and markers of psychosocial stress and depressive symptoms in a north american preconception cohort.” Environmental Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119438

Willis MD, Campbell EJ, Selbe S, Gradus JL, Nillni YI, Casey JA, Deziel NC, Hatch E, Wesselink AK, Wise LA. “Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Mental Health in a North American Preconception Cohort Study.” AJPH, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307730

Hill EL, Harleman M, Harris L, Sventek G, Ritz B, Campbell EJ, Willis MD, Hystad P. “Roadway construction as a natural experiment to examine air pollution impacts on infant health.” Environmental Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118788

2023:

Willis MD, Harris L, Campbell EJ, Chaskes M, Sawyer E, Harleman M, Ritz B, Hill EL, Hystad P. “A population based cohort study of electronic tolling, traffic congestion, and adverse birth outcomes.” Environment International. DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108355

Willis MD, Hill EL, Ncube C, Campbell EJ, Harris L, Harelman M, Ritz B, Hystad P. “Changes in socioeconomic disparities for traffic-related air pollution exposure during pregnancy over a 20-year period in Texas.” JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28012

Campbell EJ, Sims KD, Hill EL, Willis MD. “Associations Among Historical Neighborhood Disinvestment, Hazardous Air Pollution, and Current Adult Asthma Prevalence.” Environmental Health Perspectives, DOI: 10.1289/EHP11371.

Select Works In Progress:

Campbell EJ, Koenig MK, Mooney FA, Clark CJ, González DJX, Deziel NC, Casey JA, Buonocore JJ, Willis MD. “A Narrative Review of Spatial-Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States”. Under review.

Other Publications:

Krupnick A, Raimi D, Look W, Shih JS, Villanueva S, Campbell EJ. “Policies on the Road to Carbon Neutrality in the Intermountain West.” Resources for the Future Report, January 2023. Report

Raimi D, Campbell EJ, Newell RG, Prest B, Villanueva S, Wingenroth J. “Global Energy Outlook 2022: Turning Points and Tension in the Energy Transition.” Resources for the Future Report. April 2022. Report

Campbell EJ, McDarris A, Pizer WA. “Border Carbon Adjustments 101.” Resources for the Future Explainer Series. November 2021. Explainer

Campbell EJ, Pizer WA. “Designing Border Carbon Adjustments When Carbon Is Not Explicitly Priced.” Green Fiscal Policy Network. October 2021. Blog

Campbell EJ, Raimi D, Villanueva S. “Two Paths to 1.5C: Will We Take Either One?” Resources. October 2021. Blog

Campbell EJ, Pizer WA. “Border Carbon Adjustments: How to Implement in Countries That Don’t Have a Carbon Price.” Resources. August 2021. Blog

Pizer WA, Campbell EJ. “Border Carbon Adjustments without Full (or Any) Carbon Pricing” Resources for the Future Working Paper 21-21. August 2021. Working Paper

Campbell EJ. “Urban Forests: the Gateway to a Healthier Economy, Environment, and Community.” Bipartisan Policy Center Blog. October 2020. Blog

Select Press/Political Coverage:

Council of Economic Advisors. “2022 Economic Report of the President.” Biden-Harris Executive Office. April 2022. Link page 117

Holland B. “Ukraine Crisis Injects Urgency, Complexity into Energy Transition Plans–Study.” S&P Global Market Intelligence. April 2022 Link

Orszag PR. “The U.S. Makes Carbon Pricing More Complicated than it Needs to Be.” Washington Post. and Bloomberg September 2021. Link

Skills:

Programming: R, Python, STATA, SAS, Javascript

Software: ArcGIS Pro, GitHub, Overleaf/LaTeX, Google Earth Engine

Research: Data cleaning, statistical analyses, visualization (spatial and non-spatial), project management, data collection from public sources, writing and editing

Teaching and Learning: Trained writing tutor for all disciplines and stages of the writing process, experienced teaching assistant for introductory collegiate classes (Econ 101, Public Health 101) and upper level electives (Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health), peer-mentor to undergraduate researchers, graduate teaching assistant certification (GWU, earned 2024)