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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Tanu Altomare-Uppal

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

School of Public Health

1851 Wiggins Way
HSN368F
El Paso, TX 79968

tanu.altomare@gmail.com

Project List:

Beach Exposure And Child HEalth Study (BEACHES)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2
2021
Altomare, T., Tarwater, P. M., Ferguson, A. C., Solo-Gabriele, H. M., & Mena, K. D. (2021). Estimating Health Risks to Children Associated with Recreational Play on Oil Spill-Contaminated Beaches. Ijerph, 18(1), 126.
2019
Ferguson, A., Del Donno, C., Obeng-Gyasi, E., Mena, K., Kaur Altomare, T., Guerrero, R., et al. (2019). Children Exposure-Related Behavior Patterns and Risk Perception Associated with Recreational Beach Use. Ijerph, 16(115), 2783.
Conference Presentations - 6
2020
Altomare, T., Tarwater, P., Ferguson, A., Solo-Gabriele, H., & Mena, K. D. (2020). Application of Risk Assessment Modeling for Chemicals Found in Shoreline Contamination from an Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Gidley, M., Tomenchok, L., Ferguson, A., Mena, K., Uppal, T., Guerrero, R., et al. (2020). Characterization of the incidence of children presenting with, and acquiring new skin abrasions during the BEACHES study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
2019
Altomare, T., Tarwater, P., Ferguson, A., Solo-Gabriele, H., Gidley, M., & Mena, K. (2019). Human Health Risk Assessment for Children Playing at Beaches Following an Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Altomare, T., Tarwater, P., Ferguson, A., Solo-Gabriele, H., & Mena, K. D. (2019). Children Beach Activities Related to Exposure to Oil Spill Chemical. In American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo. Philadelphia, PA : 11/02/19-11/06/19.
Ferguson, A., Del Donno, C., Obeng-Gyasi, E., Mena, K., Gidley, M., Altomare, T., et al. (2019). Beach Survey Results to look at Macro-Activities for Children Exposures to OSCs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Solo-Gabriele, H., Ferguson, A., Mena, K., Gidley, M., Uppal, T., & Guerrero, R. (2019). Protocol for Collecting Child Activity Data at Beach Sites. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.