Josiah L. Kephart

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

18h-index974citations68works3.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Air Quality and Health Impacts(41), Climate Change and Health Impacts(31), Energy and Environment Impacts(29), COVID-19 impact on air quality(8), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies(7)

Publications67 total

Urban and socioeconomic disparities in PM <sub>2.5</sub> exposure across 340 Latin American cities
Environmental Research Letters·2025Open Access
Dietary Polyphenols and Inflammatory Markers in Rural Adult Women in Puno, Peru
Journal of Nutrition·2025
Author Correction: Individual and city-level variations in heat-related road traffic deaths in Latin America
Nature Cities·2025Open Access
Author response for "Urban and socioeconomic disparities in PM&lt;sub&gt;2.5&lt;/sub&gt; exposure across 340 Latin American cities"
2025
Individual and city-level variations in heat-related road traffic deaths in Latin America
Nature Cities·2025· 2 cited
Voucher-based liquefied petroleum gas subsidies achieve nearly exclusive clean fuel use when affordable delivery is available
Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Individual and city-level variations in heat-related road traffic deaths in Latin America
2025Open Access
Future temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities under climate change and population scenarios
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Future temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities under climate change and population scenarios
Environment International·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Extreme temperatures and mortality in 326 Latin American cities
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America
Nature Cities·2025· 12 citedOpen Access
Projected changes in heatwaves over Central and South America using high-resolution regional climate simulations
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Projected changes in heatwaves over Central and South America using high-resolution regional climate simulations
Scientific Reports·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Temperature-related mortality in nine Latin American countries under climate change and population scenarios
ISEE Conference Abstracts·2024Open Access
Social disparities in flood exposure and associations with the urban environment in 44,698 neighborhoods in 276 cities in eight Latin American countries
2024Open Access
Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Inflammatory Score in Women: Results From the Cardiopulmonary Outcomes and Household Air Pollution Randomized Controlled Trial
Current Developments in Nutrition·2024Open Access
Tackling heat-related mortality in aging populations
Nature Medicine·2024· 3 cited
Short-term associations between fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in 337 cities in Latin America
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 33 citedOpen Access
Adolescent mental distress in the wake of climate disasters
Preventive Medicine Reports·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

William Checkley(23), Nélson Gouveia(20), Kendra N. Williams(19), Magdalena Fandiño‐Del‐Rio(19), Kirsten Koehler(19), Daniel A. Rodrı́guez(16), Ana V. Diez Roux(15), Brisa N. Sánchez(12), Maryia Bakhtsiyarava(11), Marilú Chiang(11), Steven A. Harvey(11), Kyle Steenland(11), Usama Bilal(10), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa(9), Iryna Dronova(8), Gustavo F. Gonzáles(8), Luke P. Naeher(8), Lawrence H. Moulton(8), Leah H. Schinasi(7), Yang Ju(6)