Biography
Dr. Masri is an assistant specialist in air pollution exposure assessment and epidemiology at the UC Irvine Program in Public Health, where he conducts research on air pollution exposure modeling and climate change.
For more information, view his website, LinkedIn, or Twitter.
Current Projects/Studies
He also frequently engages with local and national media by providing expert commentary on trending issues in environmental health and penning op-eds. Notable coverage includes:
- Chicago sees worst air quality of the year on Fourth of July (Chicago Sun Times, 7/4/22)
- Unearthing Lead: Community-Based Science against the Environmental Legacy of the Lead Industries (Medium, 6/5/22)
- Opinion: Military burn pit exposures and the ‘mystery illness’ the VA still ignores (The Hill, 2/5/22)
Education
Dr. Masri has doctorate and Master of Science degrees from the Harvard School of Public Health and a bachelor’s from UCLA.
Publications
He is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles published in the nation’s leading public health journals (e.g., Toxics, Environmental Research, Atmosphere). Examples of his recent work include:
* Two UCI-led studies point to gasoline emissions as the likely source of soil lead contamination in Santa Ana
* Community-led study involving UCI experts finds higher levels of air pollution near Santa Ana’s industrial corridor
