Garett Sansom, DrPH

Assistant Professor Environmental & Occupational Health | School of Public Health
Contact
  • 979.436.9506
  • 212 Adriance Lab Rd., 1266 TAMU
    College Station, TX 77843-1266
Groups and Affiliations Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • DrPH, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Texas A&M University
  • MPH, Epidemiology Texas A&M University, School of Public Health
  • Continuing Education, Health Careers Harvard University
  • BA, Philosophy St. Edwards University

Research Interests

  • Health and sustainability
  • Community health assessment
  • Environmental exposures and health effects
  • Greenspace development and nature
  • Environmental contaminants
  • Community resilience

Teaching Interests

  • Environmental health policy and planning
  • Sustainable development and public health
  • Environmental Health
  • Field research methods
  • Community engagement strategies

Publications

2017 Investigating Injuries Seen in Area Physician Offices after a Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Sansom, G. Stone, K. Horney, JA. “Investigating Injuries Seen in Area Physician Offices after a Fertilizer Plant Explosion” Texas Journal of Public Health 2017
Participatory Action Research: Tools for Disaster Resilience Education
Meyer, M. Hendricks, M. Horney, J. Berke, P. Masterson, J. Newman, G. Sansom, G. Cousins, T. Van Zandt, S. Cooper, J. "Participatory Action Research: Tools for Disaster Resilience Education" International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
2017 Sustainable Cities and Healthy Cities: Are They the Same?
Portney, K and Sansom, G. “Sustainable Cities and Healthy Cities: Are They the Same?” Journal of Urban Planning: special issue on Smart Solutions for Sustainable Cities – Vol 2, No 3 (2017). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v2i3.1018
2017 Governance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: the Conceptual and Methofological Foundations for the San Antonio Region Case Study
Portney, K. Vedlitz, A. Sansom, G. Berke, P. Daher, B. “Governance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: the Conceptual and Methofological Foundations for the San Antonio Region Case Study.” Current Sustainable and Renewable Energy Reports 2017 doi: 10.1007/s40518-017-0077-1
2017 The impacts of exposure to environmental risk on physical and mental health in a small geographic community in Houston, TX
Sansom, G., Parra, J., Nieto, Y., Arellano, Y., Berke, P., McDonald, T., Shipp, E., & Horney, J. “The impacts of exposure to environmental risk on physical and mental health in a small geographic community in Houston, TX.” Journal of Community Health 2017 pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1007/s10900-017-0322-y
2016 Confirming the Environmental Concerns of Community Members Utilizing Participatory-Based Research in the Houston Neighborhood of Manchester
Sansom, G.; Berke, P.; McDonald, T.; Shipp, E.; Horney, J. “Confirming the Environmental Concerns of Community Members Utilizing Participatory-Based Research in the Houston Neighborhood of Manchester.” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 839

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