View website here: https://djxgonzalez.github.io/
Education
Research Interests
Environmental epidemiology, perinatal epidemiology, health disparities, applied econometrics, ambient air quality, global health, environmental science, environmental justice
Research Description
David studies environmental health sciences with a focus on perinatal health, health disparities, and exposures to air pollution. He also studies mercury pollution and community health in the Peruvian Amazon. In his research he applies interdisciplinary methods from epidemiology, econometrics, and environmental science, and he conducts field work and population-level studies in California and Peru.
Selected Publications
Santana, Francisca N., David J.X. Gonzalez, and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi (2021). Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California. Climate Risk Management. (Paper, Press Release)
Gonzalez, David J.X., Allison R. Sherris, Wei Yang, David K. Stevenson, Amy M. Padula, Michael Baiocchi, Marshall Burke, Mark R. Cullen, and Gary M. Shaw (2020). Oil and gas production and spontaneous preterm birth in the San Joaquin Valley, CA: A case-control study. Environmental Epidemiology. (Paper, Press Release)
Gonzalez, David J.X., Aubrey Arain, and Luis E. Fernandez (2019). Mercury exposure, risk factors, and perceptions among women of childbearing age in an artisanal gold mining region of the Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Research. (Paper)