Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Contact Info
615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E6618
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US
410-955-9334
Research Interests
exposure assessment; air quality; particulate matter; agriculture, allergens; endotoxin; sampling methods; sample design; community exposures; Hurricane Katrina; WTC; World Trade Center; climate change; industrial food animal production; food systems
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
DrPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2010
MS
Johns Hopkins University
2002
BA
Towson University
1995
Overview
At the Center for a Livable Future, D’Ann is building capacity and reaffirming our commitment to addressing the complex issues around Industrial Food Animal Production, drawing on her many years of experience of community-based participatory projects, collaboration, program support, and research on food safety, environmental health, and air quality.
Honors & Awards
USDA, Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Member 2010 - Present
Award for Teaching Excellence, Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Online, 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future, Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2007, 2008 and 2009
David Swift Fund in Environmental Health Engineering 2007
Award for Teaching Excellence, Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Online, 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future, Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2007, 2008 and 2009
David Swift Fund in Environmental Health Engineering 2007
Select Publications
Please find citations for a few of my publications.
- Williams DL, Breysse PN, McCormack MC, Diette GR, McKenzie S, Geyh AS. Airborne Cow Allergen, Ammonia and Particulate Matter at Homes Vary with Distance to Industrial Scale Dairy Operations: An Exposure Assessment. Environmental Health 10 (72). (2011) DOI:10.1186/1476-069X-10-72.
- Williams DL, Breysse PN, McCormack MC, Diette GR, McKenzie S, Geyh AS. Cow allergen and endotoxin in settled dust in homes proximate to industrial scale dairy operations. (In process)
- Mazique, D, Diette, GB, Breysse, PN, Matsui, EC, McCormack, MC, Curtin-Brosnan, J, Williams DL, Peng, RD, Hansel, NN. Predictors of airborne endotoxin in inner-city homes. Environmental Research 111(4):614-617. (2011)
- McCormack MC, Breysse PN, Matsui EC, Hansel NN, Peng RD, Curtin-Brosnan J, Williams DL, Wills-Karp M, Diette GD. Indoor Particulate Matter Increases Asthma Morbidity in Children with Non-Atopic and Atopic Asthma. Ann of Allergy Asthma Immunol. 106(4):308-315. (2011)
- McCormack MC, Breysse PN, Matsui EC, Hansel NN, Williams DL, Curtin-Brosnan J, Eggleston P, Diette GB; Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment. In-home particle concentrations and childhood asthma morbidity. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(2):294-8. (2009)