MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002, University of California at Berkeley
PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, 2006, University of California at Berkeley
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Additional Appointment(s):
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Director, Graduate Program in Global Environmental Health
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Courses Taught:
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EOH 591E: Env, Climate & Infect Disease
GH 582: Env, Climate & Infect Disease
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Career Overview:
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Our recent review paper made the cover of the April 2011 issue of PLoS Pathogens.
News Release: Air, Water Pollution Major Cause of Death and Disease in China
Pollution causes a significant number of deaths and diseases in China, according to Emory's Justin Remais, coordinating author of a review published in The Lancet. Also see AFP, VOA radio and UK Independent coverage of the review.
中国的环境卫生：向空气清新、水质安全迈进 《柳叶刀》(Mandarin version of the article)
News Release: Greening China's Indoor Fuel Use
Anaerobic digesters could reduce greenhouse emissions while improving health in rural China, according to a new study by Justin Remais, assistant professor of environmental health at Emory University.
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Areas of Interest/Research:
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Global Health
Infectious Disease
Risk Assessment
Safe Water
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Selected Research Projects:
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2006 - 2012: Environmental Change and Parasite Diffusion in China (NSF EEID)
2009 - 2012: Assessing the Cumulative Climate-Related Health Risks in the Eastern U.S. (CDC)
2011 - 2016: Models for improving surveillance of environmentally-mediated infectious diseases in China (NIAID)
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Selected Publications:
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See all current publications on the Remais Research Group website
here.
http://www.sph.emory.edu/eh/remais/
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Gong P, Liang S, Carlton E, Jiang Q, Wu J, Wang L, .
Urbanization and Health in China
The Lancet , in press: 2011.
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Xiao N, , Brindley P, Qiu D, Spear R, Lei Y, Blair D
Polymorphic microsatellites in the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma japonicum, identified using a genomic resource
Parasites & Vectors , 4: 2011.
http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/13
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, Zhang J.
Environmental Lessons from China: Finding Promising Policies in Unlikely Places
Environmental Health Perspectives , 119: 893-895, 2011.
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?artic...
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Worrell C, Xiao N, Vidal J, Chen L, Zhong B,
Field Detection of Schistosoma japonicum Cercariae in Environmental Water Samples by Quantitative PCR
Applied and Environmental Microbiology , 11: 2192–2195, 2011.
http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/AEM.01561-10v1
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, Eisenberg J
Balancing Clinical and Environmental Responses to Infectious Diseases
The Lancet , accepted: 2011.
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Dhingra R, Christensen ER, Liu Y, Zhong B, Wu C-F, Yost MG,
Greenhouse gas emission reductions from domestic anaerobic digesters linked with sustainable sanitation in rural China
Environmental Science & Technology , 45: 2345–2352, 2011.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es103142y
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, Xiao N, Akullian A, Qiu D, and Blair D
Genetic assignment methods for gaining insight into the management of infectious disease by understanding vector, host and pathogen movement
PLoS Pathogens , 7: 4, 2011.
http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2F...
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Zhang J, Mauzerall D, Zhu T, Liang S, Ezzati M,
Environmental health in China: challenges to achieving clean air and safe water
The Lancet , 375: 1110 - 1119, 2010.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67...
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, Akullian A, Ding L, Seto E.
Analytical methods for quantifying environmental connectivity for the control and surveillance of infectious disease spread
Journal of the Royal Society Interface , 7: 1181-93, 2010.
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/49/1181.ful...
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Gambhir M, Bockarie M, Tisch D, Kazura J, , Spear R and Michael E
Geographic and ecologic heterogeneity in elimination thresholds for the major vector-borne helminthic disease, lymphatic filariasis
BMC Biology , 8: 22, 2010.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/22
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, Zhong B, Carlton EJ, Spear RC
Model approaches for estimating the influence of time-varying socio-environmental factors on macroparasite transmission in two endemic regions
Epidemics , 1: 213-220, 2009.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2009.10.001
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, Liang S, Spear RC
Coupling hydrologic and infectious disease models to explain regional differences in schistosomiasis transmission in southwestern China
Environ. Sci. Technol. , 42: 2643–2649, 2008.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es071052s
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Hung, YW,
Quantitative detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in water by real-time PCR
PLoS neglected tropical diseases , 2: e337, 2008.
http://www.plosntds.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourn...
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, Hubbard A, Wu Z, Spear RC
Weather-driven dynamics of an intermediate host: mechanistic and statistical population modelling of Oncomelania hupensis
Journal of Applied Ecology , 44: 781-791, 2007.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007....
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Liang S, Seto E, , Zhong B, Yang C, Hubbard A, Davis G, Gu X, Qiu D, Spear RC
Environmental effects on transmission and control of parasitic diseases exemplified by schistosomiasis in Western China
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 104: 6879-6880, 2007.
http://www.pnas.org/content/104/17/7110.full
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Driscoll AJ, Kyle JL,
Development of a novel PCR assay capable of detecting a single Schistosoma japonicum cercaria recovered from Oncomelania hupensis
Parasitology , 131: 497-500, 2005.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPag...
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Other affiliations and Activities:
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Assistant Professor of Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Jointly Appointed
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Jointly Appointed
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research website: http://www.sph.emory.edu/eoh/remais/
Dr. Remais is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. His research bridges host, environmental, and parasitic disease phenomena using mathematical and statistical modeling of host-environment interactions, landscape genetics, and field epidemiology to illuminate the fundamental processes of disease spread in changing environments. His NIH- and NSF-funded research in China examines the spatial and temporal factors that propagate environmentally-mediated infectious diseases, with the goal of improving the timing and targeting of control and surveillance activities. He also develops risk models aimed to protect populations from, and prepare populations for, the various health risks associated with climate change. His current project in this area (with colleagues at Emory, funded by the U.S. CDC) quantitatively examines multiple health risks that are directly, proximally, and distally related to climate change: infectious disease vectors, heat stress and outdoor air pollution. His teaching has included undergraduate and graduate level courses in Climate Change and Health, Global Environmental Health and Environmental Determinants of Infectious Disease. Dr. Remais holds a master’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a doctorate in Environmental Health Sciences, both from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Link to this page: http://www.sph.emory.edu/faculty/JREMAIS
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