Paloma Beamer

Education: 

• BS University of California, Berkeley
• MS, Stanford University
• PhD, Stanford University

Dr. Beamer's research focuses on understanding how individuals are exposed to environmental contaminants and the health risks of these exposures with a special focus on vulnerable populations, including children, low-wage immigrant workers, Native Americans and those in the US-Mexico Border Region. Dr. Beamer uses field sampling, GIS, computer modeling and laboratory techniques in her research. She has led multiple studies to collect of multi-media exposure samples for metals, pesticides and VOCs. The ultimate goal of her work is to develop more effective interventions and policies for prevention of avoidable cases of certain diseases such as asthma. Dr. Beamer received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House. She has also received a Mentored Quantitative Research Award from NIH, a Scientific Technological Achievement Award (Level I) from the US EPA. She has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for both US EPA and ATSDR.  Dr. Beamer is the Past President for the International Society of Exposure Science and currently serves as an Associate Editor for Environmental Health Perspectives. She is a lifetime member of the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

Environmental research interests -  exposure modeling; risk assessment; exposure factors; environmental epidemiology; community-engaged research; respiratory disease