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Kate Burrows

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPublic Health Sciences
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Dr. Burrows studies the impacts of climate change on human health and wellbeing. She is trained in mixed methods approaches and uses a combination of qualitative interviews and bigger data analyses to investigate the ways in which climate and weather-related extremes impact individual and community health. Dr. Burrows has interdisciplinary training in environmental epidemiology (PhD, Yale University School of the Environment) and social-behavioral sciences (MPH, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), which allows her to investigate global health issues from a unique perspective that incorporates sociocultural determinants of health and environmental exposures. As a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University, Dr. Burrows evaluated both the short- and long-term impacts of hurricanes on a range of health outcomes, including cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations and disability. Her current research is focused on the mental health impacts of extreme temperature.
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    Columbia University, New York, NYBA2013
    Columbia University, New York, NYMPH2016
    Yale University, New Haven, CTPhD2021

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    1. Cheung JTH, Flingai S, Burrows K. Racialized economic concentration predicts storm-related injuries and deaths in the United States, 2005-2022. Nat Commun. 2026 Aug 05; 17(1). PMID: 42686678; PMCID: PMC13538492.
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    2. McGuinn LA, Ngirwe P, Walton S, Wei K, Tung I, Tare I, Mbayiwa K, Keenan KE, Burrows K. Using mobile sensing and wearable technologies to assess the impact of ambient temperature on mental health among low-income black women in Chicago: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 01; 16(7):e109062. PMID: 42386298; PMCID: PMC13331042.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Merdjanoff AA, Burrows K, Lynch K. Projecting the mental health impacts of the 2025 LA wildfires: lessons from Hurricane Katrina. Environ Res Lett. 2026 Jun 14; 21(11):111004. PMID: 42255331; PMCID: PMC13234852.
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    4. Burrows K, Black-Ingersoll F, Sprague NL, Grady S, Vrkljan K, Ferguson T, Just A, Willis M, Oblath R, Nori-Sarma A. Warm season hourly temperature and psychiatric emergencies: A case-crossover study of a vulnerable population in Boston, 2005-2019. Environ Epidemiol. 2026 Jun; 10(3):e478. PMID: 42109516; PMCID: PMC13155512.
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    5. Heo S, Byun G, Choi Y, Song Y, Bravo M, Ma T, Stewart R, Amezcua-Smith A, Son JY, Goldsmith L, Burrows K, Choi HM, Chen C, Foo D, Kim S, Johnson NP, Deziel NC, Wang Y, Kim H, Bell ML. A scoping review on the impact of ambient temperature on human infertility. Environ Res. 2026 Mar 01; 292:123641. PMID: 41456660; PMCID: PMC12820886.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. Black-Ingersoll F, Willis MD, White JS, Grady ST, Vrkljan KA, Duncan A, Burrows K, Oblath R, Nori-Sarma A. Climate resilience adaptation and psychiatric emergency services utilization during extreme heat in Boston, MA: a difference-in-differences analysis. Environ Int. 2026 Jan; 207:110007. PMID: 41418637; PMCID: PMC12908974.
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    7. Fussell E, Burrows K, Sastry N. Learning From Natural Experiments to Accelerate Demographic Research on Climate-Related Threats to Human Populations. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Clim Change. 2025 Nov-Dec; 16(6). PMID: 41798055; PMCID: PMC12962594.
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    8. Burrows K, Natarajan S, Chen C. Tropical Cyclones and Pediatric Hospitalizations in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 03; 8(11):e2544013. PMID: 41247735; PMCID: PMC12625680.
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    9. Burrows K, McConnell K, Schwaller NL, Pheiffer CF. De-energization as maladaptation: Uneven residential exposure to wildfire Public Safety Power Shutoffs and compound heat. Glob Environ Change. 2025 Dec; 95. PMID: 41058984; PMCID: PMC12499371.
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    10. Burrows K, Luo J, Cai Y, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B. Long-term PM2.5 exposure and mental health disparities: A prospective analysis of the All of Us Research Program. Environ Res. 2025 Nov 15; 285(Pt 5):122691. PMID: 40858232; PMCID: PMC12428303.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    11. Johnson NP, Del Favero-Campbell A, Nori-Sarma A, Amezcua-Smith A, Lewis B, Chen C, Lin C, Foo D, Byun G, Choi HM, Kim H, Berman JD, Son JY, Warren JL, Chen K, Burrows K, Fong KC, Goldsmith L, Meadows MC, Smith M, Stewart R, Heo S, Lin S, Ning X, Choi Y, Bell ML, Deziel NC. Metrics of Urbanicity and Rurality in US-Based Epidemiologic Studies of Ambient Temperature and Health: A Scoping Review. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 Aug 20; 12(1):30. PMID: 40830732; PMCID: PMC12364962.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Vrkljan KA, Oblath R, Black-Ingersoll F, Grady ST, Burrows K, Fabian MP, Parker SE, Nori-Sarma A, Willis MD. A Case-Crossover Study of Extreme Heat and Psychiatric Emergency Encounters Among Vulnerable Pregnant People. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 Aug; 39(6):571-581. PMID: 40641135; PMCID: PMC12338078.
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    13. Byun G, Choi Y, Foo D, Stewart R, Song Y, Son JY, Heo S, Ning X, Clark C, Kim H, Michelle Choi H, Kim S, Kim SY, Burrows K, Lee JT, Deziel NC, Bell ML. Effects of ambient temperature on mental and neurological conditions in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Int. 2024 12; 194:109166. PMID: 39603080; PMCID: PMC11675999.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Okuzono SS, Burrows K, Shiba K, Yazawa A, Hikichi H, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Pre-disaster income inequality and post-disaster mental health: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Health Place. 2024 11; 90:103363. PMID: 39362076.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Burrows K, Denckla CA, Hahn J, Schiff JE, Okuzono SS, Randriamady H, Mita C, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Lowe SR. A systematic review of the effects of chronic, slow-onset climate change on mental health. Nat Ment Health. 2024 Feb; 2(2):228-243. PMID: 41098556; PMCID: PMC12520228.
      Citations: 2     
    16. Festa N, Kim DC, Gill TM, Bell ML, Kim H, Burrows K. Is residential exposure to oil refineries a novel contextual risk factor for coronary heart disease? Environ Res. 2024 03 01; 244:117965. PMID: 38123048; PMCID: PMC10928382.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    17. Burrows K, Fong KC, Lowe SR, Fussell E, Bell ML. The impact of residential greenness on psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285510. PMID: 37167267; PMCID: PMC10174552.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Mc Carthy M, Burrows K, Griffiths P, Black PM, Demanuele C, Karlsson N, Buenconsejo J, Patel N, Chen WH, Cappelleri JC. From Meaningful Outcomes to Meaningful Change Thresholds: A Path to Progress for Establishing Digital Endpoints. Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2023 07; 57(4):629-645. PMID: 37020160.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Tekin S, Burrows K, Billings J, Waters M, Lowe SR. Psychosocial resources underlying disaster survivors' posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: insight from in-depth interviews with mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2023; 14(2):2211355. PMID: 37334999; PMCID: PMC10281293.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Kim H, Festa N, Burrows K, Kim DC, Gill TM, Bell ML. Residential exposure to petroleum refining and stroke in the southern United States. Environ Res Lett. 2022; 17(9). PMID: 36340862; PMCID: PMC9629383.
      Citations: 4     
    21. Chan AY, Burrows K, Bell ML. Why They Stayed and Why They Left-A Case Study from Ellicott City, MD after Flash Flooding. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 08 26; 19(17). PMID: 36078354; PMCID: PMC9518097.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Burrows K, Fussell E. A life course epidemiology approach to climate extremes and human health. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 07; 6(7):e549-e550. PMID: 35809583; PMCID: PMC9773632.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Burrows K, Pelupessy DC, Khoshnood K, Bell ML. Environmental Displacement and Mental Well-Being in Banjarnegara, Indonesia. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 11; 129(11):117002. PMID: 34747632; PMCID: PMC8575071.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Sterling EJ, Filardi C, Toomey A, Sigouin A, Betley E, Gazit N, Newell J, Albert S, Alvira D, Bergamini N, Blair M, Boseto D, Burrows K, Bynum N, Caillon S, Caselle JE, Claudet J, Cullman G, Dacks R, Eyzaguirre PB, Gray S, Herrera J, Kenilorea P, Kinney K, Kurashima N, Macey S, Malone C, Mauli S, McCarter J, McMillen H, Pascua P, Pikacha P, Porzecanski AL, de Robert P, Salpeteur M, Sirikolo M, Stege MH, Stege K, Ticktin T, Vave R, Wali A, West P, Winter KB, Jupiter SD. Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales. Nat Ecol Evol. 2017 Dec; 1(12):1798-1806. PMID: 29062123.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:PHPublic Health
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