Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne

Dr. Yoshira “Yoshi” Ornelas Van Horne is an exposure scientist and environmental justice scholar. She is the assistant director of Agents of Change in Environmental Justice Fellowship, which trains early career scientists in science communications. She currently serves as the deputy director of the Environmental heAlth sciences Research for Teachers and High school students (EARTH) program which is funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. The EARTH Program is a structured summer environmental health sciences research program for high school students and teachers from three Native communities in the Northern Plains. Her research is currently funded by the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship through Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the HEI Rosenblith New Investigator award, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Her research focuses on addressing unequal exposures to harmful contaminants that affect structurally marginalized communities. Her active projects are focused on utilizing novel methods for source apportionment of air pollution, characterizing exposures to volatile organic compounds with community partners in Louisiana, and evaluating the impact of federal environmental settlements on population exposures and health outcomes. She is committed to building health equity through community-driven research and is passionate about research translation and communication. To this end, her work not only characterizes inequities in cumulative exposures but also supports community-driven solutions and training efforts. Dr. Ornelas Van Horne serves as the co-chair of the General Scientific Meetings Committee for the International Society of Exposure Science.

Link to peer reviewed publications

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