John P McCracken

John P McCracken

University of Georgia

Biography

John P McCracken, ScD, is a Professor in the Global Health Institute and the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department at the University of Georgia. Dr. McCracken is an environmental epidemiologist whose primary research expertise relates to understanding the health effects of household air pollution (HAP) due to solid fuel use for cooking. He has collaborated on two major randomized trials of interventions to reduce HAP exposure, the first an improved biomass stove with chimney (RESPIRE) and the second a liquified petroleum gas cooking intervention (HAPIN). He is a co-investigator on ECOLECTIVOS.

Fun fact: Dr. McCracken, originally from Massachusetts, has spent one fourth of his life in Guatemala, starting in 1995 with a backpacking adventure and most recently working as a researcher at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala during 2009-2020.

Biography

John P McCracken, ScD, is a professor in the Institute for Global Health and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Georgia. Dr. McCracken is an environmental epidemiologist whose primary research experience relates to understanding the health effects of household air pollution (DAP) due to the use of solid fuels for cooking. He has collaborated on two major randomized trials of interventions to reduce PAH exposure, the first on a chimney-improved biomass stove (RESPIRE) and the second on a liquefied petroleum gas cooking intervention (HAPIN). He is a co-investigator in ECOLECTIVOS.

Fun Fact: Dr. McCracken, originally from Massachusetts, has spent a quarter of his life in Guatemala, beginning in 1995 with a backpacking adventure and most recently working as a researcher at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala during the years 2009-2020.

 

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This research is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number R01ES032009, and by an Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) Rapid Response Grant provided by EGHI at Emory University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the Emory Global Health Institute.

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