Simone Charles

About

Simone Charles, PhD, MS, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan, School of Public Health, where she also serves as the Associate Chair of the Curriculum Committee. Her research began in exposure science, focusing on risk assessment modeling for environmental contaminants in soils, air contaminant exposure assessments in indoor settings, and chemical tracer identification and efficacy determination of tobacco smoke in urban households with asthmatic children. Her work has transitioned to public health practice and research translation, working with academic-community partnerships to address health impacts of environmental hazard exposures on underserved rural and urban communities. Her practice has informed contributions to state and local partnerships, including work with the Georgia Department of Public Health to develop a statewide strategic plan for reducing lead exposures through healthy housing and prevention strategies. Her focus includes curriculum development, environmental health literacy, and workforce development to address health disparities in underserved communities. Her adolescent-focused research aims to develop culturally appropriate, place-based strategies for youth engagement in environmental health, increasing health literacy, and promoting policy change. She has been invited to serve as the Associate Editor for the Environmental Justice journal and was a 2013 NIH NIMHD Translational Health…

Research topics

• Business
• Finance
• Environmental chemistry
• Chemistry
• Financial system
• Physiology
• Marketing
• Internal medicine
• Medicine
• Advertising

Selected publications

• Associations between mercury exposure with blood pressure and lipid levels: A cross-sectional study of dental professionals

  Environmental Research · 2023 · 13 citations

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• A Collaborative Approach to Address Racism in a Community–Academic Partnership

  Preventing Chronic Disease · 2023-05-31 · 5 citations

  articleOpen access

  The HERCULES Exposome Research Center at Emory University uses an exposome approach to study the environment's effect on health and community well-being. HERCULES is guided by a Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) that includes representatives of neighborhoods, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions in the Atlanta metropolitan region. This region (and the SAB) has a large proportion of Black residents, many of whom live in areas experiencing environmental injustices…

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• Sportswomen as Brand Ambassadors: Prospects, Challenges and Possibilities

  2018-07-20 · 4 citations

  articleSenior author

  Research has shown that sportswomen are not being given the same opportunities as sportsmen to earn sponsorships from brands to become brand ambassadors. Sportsmen appear to be more favoured by brands as they have higher profiles, can attract a larger audience and increase profit margins. The challenges, opportunities and prospects for sportswomen to have equal opportunities to improve their commercial viability and boost their revenue with brand sponsorships are investigated in this study. Semi…

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• Parenting and Lead Mitigation at Home: A Multifaceted Community Partnership Model Promoting Parent Engagement in Lead Exposure Prevention

  Health Promotion Practice · 2022-05-09 · 3 citations

  articleOpen access

  Young children are at high risk of lead poisoning, which can damage early cognitive and behavioral development and have long-lasting impacts. Home environments are persistent sources of exposure for children in urban, low-income settings. Community-academic partnerships are essential for public health intervention strategies addressing residential household lead exposure, yet community organization staff and home visitors often experience strain and burnout. We describe Parenting and Lead Mitiga…

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• CHAPTER 15. Environmental Justice: The Mercury Connection

  2019-12-31 · 2 citations

  book-chapterSenior author
  PublisherDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Stuart Batterman

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  14 shared

• Christopher Godwin

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  10 shared

• Chunrong Jia

  University of Memphis

  10 shared

• Sergei M. Chernyak

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  8 shared

• Stuart H. Tedders

  6 shared

• Lynn D. Woodhouse

  6 shared

• William C. Livingood

  5 shared

• Christina H. Fuller

  Georgia College & State University

  4 shared

Labs

• Simone Charles LaboratoryPI

Awards & honors

• 2013 NIH NIMHD Translational Health Disparities scholar
• 2012 Health Equity Leadership Institute fellow
• invited to serve as the Associate Editor for Environmental J…

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