Amir Sapkota
Professor and Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Expertise
Climate Change
Environmental Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Equity and Literacy
Language Proficiency
english
Sapkota's research group focuses on the intersection of climate change and human health with a particular emphasis on cardiopulmonary, renal and diarrheal diseases. His group's ongoing collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health has demonstrated the ongoing health impacts of climate change in our communities. On a global scale, the group is developing an early warning system for diarrheal disease in the Asia-Pacific Region.
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