Marissa Childs's research explores how large-scale environmental changes — like climate change and land use change — affect human health. Her work uses remote sensing and modeling to quantify nonlinear and context-dependent effects of environmental change. In particular, some of her past and ongoing work has focused on predicting yellow fever virus spillover in Brazil, projecting changes in dengue incidence from climate warming, producing granular estimates of wildfire smoke exposure throughout the contiguous US, and understanding climate-sensitive diseases in Madagascar.
Education
BA, Mathematics and Economic-Environmental Studies, Whitman College
PhD, Environment and Resources, Stanford University
Affiliations
Mentorship
Available to mentor new Master's and Doctoral students in autumn 2026. Please follow the instructions on the How To Apply page.
