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Audrey de Nazelle, PhD

audreyheadshot5 UNC BMElab Visiting Scholar, 11/1/2009 – 10/31/2012
14 Rosenau Hall
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431
e-mail: anazelle@email.unc.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)

Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona – PRBB

C. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona , SPAIN

Tel.: (+34) 93 214 73 17

FAX: (+34) 93 214 73 01

Email: anazelle @creal.cat

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Advisor: Dr. Doug Crawford-Brown, 2007
M.S. Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003

Maîtrise (MS) in Mathematics, University of Paris VI, France, 1995
License (BS) in Mathematics, University of Paris VI, France, and semester abroad Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1994

Research Interests

Exposure Analysis and Human Health Risk Assessment
Pedestrian-Oriented Built Environments
Transportation and Land Use Policies for Air Quality and Climate Change Management
Spatiotemporal Estimation and Mapping of Environmental Pollutants
Urban Design and Non-Motorized Transportation
Built Environment, Transportation Choices, and Physical Activity
Air Pollution and Reproductive Health

Positions and Honors

2006 – Summer Graduate Student Fellow, Center on Global Change, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
2006 - Spring Teaching Assistant, Carolina Environmental Program, undergraduate course on energy and material flows in the Environment and Society.
2006 Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Recognition Award, UNC-Chapel Hill
2004-2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Carolina Environmental Program project with Dr. Doug Crawford-Brown
2004 Graduate Research Assistant, Center of Environmental Health and Susceptibility pilot project with Dr. Marc Serre
2003 Graduate Research Assistant, Carolina Environmental Program project with Dr. Harvey Jeffries
2002-2004 Graduate Fellow, Active Living by Design
2002 "Student of the Year Award", US Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers, through the Center for Transportation and the Environment
2001-2002 Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University
2000 Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill
2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Carolina Environmental Program summer programs in International Environmental Risk Analysis, University of Salzburg.
1999-2000 Teaching Assistant, Carolina Environmental Program, senior capstone class on ozone and transportation, introductory course on environmental sciences.

Publications

de Nazelle, A. and M. Nieuwenhuijsen (2009). Integrated health impact assessment of cycling. Occup Environ Med. Online, Oct.
de Nazelle, A. and D. A. Rodríguez (2009). Tradeoffs in incremental changes towards pedestrian-friendly environments: Physical activity and pollution exposure. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 14(4): 255-263.
de Nazelle, A., D. A. Rodríguez and D. Crawford-Brown (2009). The built environment and health: Impacts of pedestrian-friendly designs on air pollution exposure. Science of The Total Environment 407(8): 2525-2535.
Valero, N., I. Aguilera, S. Llop, A. Esplugues, A. de Nazelle, F. Ballester and J. Sunyer (2009). Concentrations and determinants of outdoor, indoor and personal nitrogen dioxide in pregnant women from two Spanish birth cohorts. Environ Int 35(8): 1196-201.
de Nazelle, A., M. Mendez, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J.-P. Zock, J.-M. Anto and M. Nieuwenhuijsen (2009). Transportion, Air Pollution and Physical Activities: An Integrated Health Risk Assessment Programme of Climate Change and Urban Policies (TAPAS). Epidemiology 20(6): S155-S156
de Nazelle, A., M. Nieuwenhuijsen, L. Perez, N. Kunzli and A. Lobo (2008). Pilot Study of Barcelona Commuters' Exposure to Particulate Matter. Epidemiology 19(6): S130-S131
de Nazelle, A., X. Basagana, F. Figueras, J. Sunyer and M. Nieuwenhuijsen (2008). Air Pollution Exposure and Reproductive Outcomes Study in Barcelona. Epidemiology 19(6): S234-S235
de Nazelle, A. (2007). Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian-Oriented Environment. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ph.D. Thesis.
de Nazelle, A. and M. Serre (2006). Ozone exposure assessment in North Carolina using Bayesian maximum entropy data integration of space time observations and air quality model prediction. Epidemiology 17(6): S189-S189.
De Nazelle, A. (2006). Towards a Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian-Oriented Environment: Modeling Changes in Air Pollution Exposures Due to Changes in the Built Environment. Epidemiology 17(6): S153.
Killingsworth, R., A. de Nazelle and R. Bell (2003). Building a New Paradigm: Improving Public Health Through Transportation. ITE Journal (June).
Killingsworth, R., A. de Nazelle and R. Bell (2003). A New Role for Public Health in Transportation Creating and Supporting Community Models for Active Transportation. Conference Proceedings, Institute of Transportation Engineers 2003 Technical Conference and Exhibit: Transportation's Role in Successful Communities, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
de Nazelle, A. (2003). Envisioning a Livable City: Thinking of Bicycles, Thinking of People. Conference proceedings, Vélo-City 2003, International Conference on Bicycles, Paris, France.
de Nazelle, A. (2001). Short Trips: An Opportunity for Sustainable Transportation. Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Master's Thesis: 151.

Presentations

Dia mundial del SIG, Universidad de Barcelona, “ Exemples d’utilizació del SIG per al desenvolupament de mapes de contaminació i altres temes de salut territorial”, with Marta Cirach. 11/09
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology annual conference, Dublin, Ireland, France: “Transportation, Air Pollution and Physical Activities: An Integrated Health Risk Assessment Programme of Climate Change and Urban Policies (TAPAS)”, co-authors: de Nazelle, A., M. Mendez, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J.-P. Zock, J.-M. Anto and M. Nieuwenhuijsen. 8/09
Jornadas Cientificas Anuales, Proyecto INMA – Infancia y Medio Ambiente, Oviedo, Spain: “Exposure Assessment in ESCAPE”. 06/09
VECTOR workshop, VeloCity, Brussels, Belgium: “Transportation, Air Pollution and Physical Activities: An Integrated Health Risk Assessment Programme of Climate Change and Urban Policies (TAPAS)”. 5/09
CREAL seminar series, Barcelona, Spain: “Transportation, Air Pollution and Physical Activities: An Integrated Health Risk Assessment Programme of Climate Change and Urban Policies (TAPAS)”. 5/09
ESCAPE Respiratory Disease Work Package Workshop, Barcelona, Spain: “A flavor of the ESCAPE monitoring in Spain”. 3/09
Joint International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Analysis Conference, Pasadena, California: “Pilot Study of Barcelona Commuters' Exposure to Particulate Matter”, co-authors: de Nazelle, A., M. Nieuwenhuijsen, L. Perez, N. Kunzli and A. Lobo. 9/08
Joint International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Analysis Conference, Pasadena, California: “Air Pollution Exposure and Reproductive Outcomes Study in Barcelona”, co-authors: de Nazelle, A., X. Basagana, F. Figueras, J. Sunyer and M. Nieuwenhuijsen. 9/08
2n CONGRÉS CATALÀ DE LA BICICLETA, Barcelona, Spain: “La bicicleta: ¿todos a una como los de Fuenteovejuna?”. 6/08

· Injury Prevention Research Center Seminar Series, Chapel Hill, NC: “The Built Environment and Health: Incorporating Traffic-Related Injuries in a Risk Assessment of Pedestrian-Friendly Designs”. 2/07

· Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology Seminar Series, Barcelona, Sp: “Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian-Oriented Environment: An Example of How and Why Exposure Assessments May Be Improved”. 12/06

· American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: “A Method to Assess Competing Risks Associated with Pedestrian-Oriented Environments”. 11/06

International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Paris, France: “Towards a Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian-Oriented Environment: Modeling Changes in Air Pollution Exposures Due to Changes in the Built Environment”. 9/06
International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Paris, France: “Ozone Exposure Assessment in North Carolina Using Bayesian Maximum Entropy Data Integration of Space Time Observations and Air Quality Model Prediction”, co-authors: de Nazelle, A., Serre, M.L. 9/06
Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada: “Pedestrian-Oriented Environments: Risk in the Balance?” - Relayed in three Canadian newspapers, including the National Post. 4/06
International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Atlanta, Ga: “Assessing Unintended Consequences of Pedestrian-Oriented Environments”. 4/06
Obesity and Physical Activity Seminar Series, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC: “Health Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian-Oriented Built Environment”. 2/06
US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, Earth Day Event NC Graduate Research Showcase: “Health Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian Oriented Environment.”. 4/05
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: “Laying the Framework for Conducting a Risk Assessment in a Pedestrian-Oriented Environment.” - Awarded Annual Meeting Registration and Travel Scholarship offered by the Environment Section. 11/04
Students United for a Responsible Global Environment Annual Conference, Chapel Hill, NC: “Transportation and the Environment: Moving With a Clean Conscience and a Healthy Body.” 2/04

· Vélo-City 2003, International Conference on Bicycles, Paris, France: “Envisioning a Livable City: Thinking of Bicycles, Thinking of People.” 9/03

· US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, Eco-Health Forum: “The Built Environment, Travel Behavior and Health.” 5/03

· Town of Chapel Hill, NC, Forum on Energy: “Individual Choices in Transportation.” 6/01