Christina Batteate

Program Manager

Administrator
310-206-5200

Academic Titles/Accomplishments/Affiliations:

PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
MPH, Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
MA, Latin American Studies, UCLA International Institute
BS, City and Regional Planning, Minor, Sustainable Environments, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo


Research interest:

Yang, L.S., Kleeman, M.J., Cushing, L.J., Lipsitt, J., Su, J., Burnett, R.T., Batteate, C.M., Nau, C.L., Young, D.R., Tartof, S.Y. and Butler, R.K., 2024. Risks of source and species-specific air pollution for COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Los Angeles. Environmental Research: Health2(4), p.041001.

Jerrett, M., Nau, C. L., Young, D. R., Butler, R. K., Batteate, C.M., Padilla, A., … & Kleeman, M. J. (2023). Air pollution and the sequelae of COVID-19 patients: A multistate analysis. Environmental Research236, 116814.

Di Loro, P. A., Mingione, M., Lipsitt, J., Batteate, C. M., Jerrett, M., & Banerjee, S. (2023). Bayesian hierarchical modeling and analysis for actigraph data from wearable devices. The annals of applied statistics17(4), 2865.

Jerrett, M., Nau, C. L., Young, D. R., Butler, R. K., Batteate, C.M., Su, J., … & Kleeman, M. J. (2023). Air pollution and meteorology as risk factors for COVID-19 death in a cohort from Southern California. Environment International171, 107675.

Nemati, E., Batteate, C. and Jerrett, M., (2017). Opportunistic Environmental Sensing with Smartphones: a Critical Review of Current Literature and Applications. Current Environmental Health Reports, 4(3), pp.306-318.

Malloy, T.F., Zaunbrecher, V.M., Batteate, C.M., Blake, A., Carroll Jr, W.F., Corbett, C.J., Hansen, S.F., Lempert, R.J., Linkov, I., McFadden, R. and Moran, K.D. (2017). Advancing alternative analysis: integration of decision science. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(6).

Cohen, D., Han, B., Derose, K. P., Williamson, S., Paley, A., & Batteate, C. (2016). CicLAvia: Evaluation of participation, physical activity and cost of an open streets event in Los Angeles. Preventive Medicine, 90, 26–33. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.009

Brozen, M., Batteate, C., Cole, B., & Cohen, D. (2016). A69 – Open Streets and Business Volumes in Los Angeles: Friend or Foe? Journal of Transport & Health, 3(2). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.05.100

Batteate, C., Shu, S., Cohen, D., Brozen, M., Zhu, Y., & Cole, B. (2016). A01 – Ciclavia: A Magnet for Health in Los Angeles. Journal of Transport & Health, 3(2), S4–S5. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.05.032

Shu, S., Batteate, C., Cole, B., Froines, J., & Zhu, Y. (2016). Air quality impacts of a CicLAvia event in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. Environmental Pollution, 208. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.010


Christina’s immersion in fostering healthy environments spans the last two decades and globe, including work on air quality, community health, citizen science, environmental disasters, exposure assessment, and health-impacts from transportation, retail and food systems in North and South America. She currently specializes in evaluating environmental conditions and related health outcomes using multimethod research approaches, with 15 years experience managing large multi-sector investigative teams.