Dr. Laura Mcguinn

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Laura McGuinn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Chicago. She holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Epidemiology from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. McGuinn completed her PhD in Environmental Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, following an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2010, and a BS in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago in 2008. Her research focuses on the impacts of environmental factors such as PM2.5 and vegetation density on child health outcomes, specifically childhood cancer and mental health. She has authored multiple publications in reputable journals, addressing the effects of prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants on childhood cognitive and psychological development. Her recent works include studies on the association of PM2.5 exposure with anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and the implications of long-term air pollution exposure on COVID-19 mortality. Dr. McGuinn is actively involved in research that combines environmental science with public health practice, aiming to influence policy and community health interventions.

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Department of Philosophy