Katie O'Donnell

M.P.H.

Associate Program Director, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Full-time Staff

School: Milken Institute School of Public Health

Department: Environmental and Occupational Health

Contact:

Email: Katie O'Donnell

Milken Institute School of Public Health 950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, 4th Floor Washington DC 20052

Katie O'Donnell serves as the Associate Program Director in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She received an MPH in Global Environmental Health from the George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health in 2022.

Katie focuses on administrative and programmatic efforts across the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center, GW Climate and Health Institute (CHI), and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She has also participated in research within the department and the CHI, including a published qualitative evaluation of co-benefits in urban climate action plans and more recently led a first-of-its-kind systematic review on air pollution and thyroid function.

Education

Master of Public Health (Global Environmental Health), George Washington University, 2022

Bachelor of Science (Biology), University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2015

Bachelor of Arts (Spanish), University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2015

Publications

O’Donnell, C., Campbell, E. J., McCormick, S., & Anenberg, S. C. (2024). Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal and fetal thyroid function: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence. Environmental Health, 23(1), 78.

Sayyed, T. K., Ovienmhada, U., Kashani, M., Vohra, K., Kerr, G. H., O’Donnell, C., ... & Kuwayama, Y. (2024). Satellite data for environmental justice: a scoping review of the literature in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 19(3), 033001.

Johnson, L., Krisko, P., Malik, M., O’Donnell, C., Pendleton, N., Ahn, D., ... & Anenberg, S. (May 2022). Environmental, health, and equity co-benefits in urban climate action plans: A descriptive analysis for 27 C40 member cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 63.

O’Donnell, C. (August 2021). Air Pollution and Community-Oriented Research: A One Health Call-to-Action. One Health Newsletter, Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG) of the American Public Health Association (APHA), https://spark.adobe.com/page/27mqWBoosPwb4/