Rebecca Sugrue, PhD
Department of Medicine
Dr. Sugrue is a PRISE Center T32 postdoctoral fellow in the UCSF Department of Medicine. Dr. Sugrue received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She conducts research on the impacts of air pollution and climate-related hazards on respiratory health. As part of Dr. Neeta Thakur’s CLEAR Lab, she explores how local decision-making and climate resilience planning influence the effectiveness of interventions designed to mitigate the health impacts of wildfire smoke events, with a special focus on environmental justice communities. Dr. Sugrue is committed to advancing the intersection of environmental and health sciences to inform policies that address existing health burdens through evidence-based environmental interventions.