Email

patricia.teelewis@bcm.edu

Positions

Visiting Scientist

Center for Precision Environmental Health
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Senior Health Scientist

Climate and Health
US Regions
Environmental Defense Fund
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

6550 Fannin Street (Office)

Neurosensory NB317
Houston, TX 77030-3411
United States
Phone: (832) 540-7488
patricia.teelewis@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health

12/2007 - Houston, Texas United States

Epidemiology

MS from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health

12/1995 - Houston, Texas United States

Toxicology

BA from University of Texas at Austin

05/1991 - Austin, Texas United States

Biochemistry

Honors & Awards

Environmental Climate Justice Leadership Award

Environmental Climate Justice Leadership Staff Award 2023

Environmental Defense Fund (05/2033)

Professional Interests

• Environmental Epidemiology
• Environmental Justice
• Climate Justice
• Air Pollution
• Health Disparities
• Justice and Equity Screening and Mapping Tools

Professional Statement

I am a Senior Health Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and have a voluntary appointment with Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities in the Center for Precision Environmental Health. I have dedicated my scientific efforts in service to Houston's environmental justice communities to address long standing disparities in environment, climate, and health. I lead EDF's Data to Action work in Houston, providing scientific expertise and guidance to community-based organizations to build environmental justice capacity and to implement community science efforts in underrepresented communities. For example, I assisted three community-based organizations in Houston design, deploy, and operate community owned low-cost air monitoring networks used to measure and advocate for better air quality and public health in their environmental justice neighborhoods. I have also lead interdisciplinary teams in development of regional and national environmental justice screening and mapping tools to identify disadvantaged communities and understand climate, environmental, health, social, economic, and infrastructure drivers leading to neighborhood level inequity and barriers to climate resilience.

Websites

Selected Publications

• P Grace Tee Lewis , Weihsueh A Chiu , Ellu Nasser , Jeremy Proville , Aurora Barone , Cloelle Danforth , Bumsik Kim , Jolanda Prozzi , Elena Craft "Characterizing Vulnerabilities to Climate Change Across the United States." Environ Int. 2023 Feb;172 Pubmed PMID: 36731185
• Liu, G., Moore, K., Su, W.C., Delclos, G.L., de Porras, D.G.R., Yu, B., Tian, H., Luo, B., Lin, S., Lewis, G.T., Craft, E., and Zhang, K. "Chemical explosion, COVID-19, and environmental justice: Insights from low-cost air quality sensors." . Sci Total Environ. 2022 Nov;849 Pubmed PMID: 35944636
• Symanski, E., An Han, H., Han, I., McDaniel, M., Whitworth, K.W., McCurdy, S., Perkison, W.B., Rammah, A., Tee Lewis, P.G., Delclos, G.L., Craft, E., Bondy, M., Walker, C.L., Hopkins, L., Cedeno Laurent, J.G., and James, D "Responding to Natural and Industrial Disasters: Partnerships and Lessons Learned." Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Jun;16(3) Pubmed PMID: 33722331
• Bhandari, S., Tee Lewis, P.G., Craft, E., Marvel, S.W., Reif, D.M., and Chiu, W.A "., HGBEnviroScreen: Enabling Community Action through Data Integration in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Region." Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb;17(4) Pubmed PMID: 32053902

Memberships

NAS Transportation Research Board

Marine Environment Committee

HGAC Regional Air Quality Planning Advisory Committee

Chair

Environmental Justice Journal

Editorial Board Member

EPA Region 6 Air Monitoring Data Workgroup

Member