School
School of Arts and Sciences
Department
School of Arts and Sciences
Office Location
Matricaria 4005J
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.732.2146
Website Website: Profile on ResearchGate
About
Dr. Tallon's fundamental research interests are investigating the complex interplay of how environmental and social conditions interact to affect health. Her projects and publications include research on the effects of air pollution, neighborhood features like greenspace, and lifestyle on measures of cognitive function, mental health, and vascular disease. She recently investigated the health impacts of climate change policies on different populations for the Carbon Free Boston initiative, and is currently researching the use of personal air monitors to empower local environmental justice communities. Her past experience at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard, and the University of North Carolina includes work in medical marijuana, emergency preparedness, and water quality. She loves to work on collaborative projects with students, faculty, and community organizations on a variety of topics.
Education
- PhD
- MSPH
- CPH
Research Interests
- Air Pollution
- Cognitive Function
- Environmental Health
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health Practice
- Emergency Preparedness
- Water Quality
Featured Affiliations
American Public Health Association (APHA)
WebsiteInternational Society for Environmental Epidemiology
WebsiteAssociation for Prevention Teaching and Research
WebsiteEducation
- PhD
- MSPH
- CPH
Research Interests
- Air Pollution
- Cognitive Function
- Environmental Health
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health Practice
- Emergency Preparedness
- Water Quality
Publications
- Levy, C. R., Phillips, L. M., Murray, C. J., Tallon, L. A., & Caron, R. M. (2022). Addressing Gaps in Public Health Education to Advance Environmental Justice: Time for Action. American journal of public health, 112(1), 69-74.
- Sampson, N., Canate, T., Dixon, C., Dunlap, K., Herzmark, J., Osborne Jelks, N., Patel, D., Persaud, E., Martin, V., McLaughlin, K., Okoh, M., Tallon, L., Tsongas, T., Wilson, O., Wilson, O.B., Asiain, M. (2022). Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Healthcare Waste. American Public Health Association (APHA) Policy Statement
- Levitt, K. and Tallon, L. (2019, Nov.+ Dec.). Challenges accessing PrEP for HIV prevention in England. Positively Aware, Volume 29 (Number 7), 16.
- Walsh, M. J., Kinney, P.L., Levy, J.I., Tallon, L., Skipper, N., Russell, A., Castigliego, J.R., P A., Zheng, K., and Cleveland, C.J.,. (2019). Carbon Free Boston: Technical Summary (B
- University Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston, MA, USA). Available at http://sites.bu.edu/cfb/technical-reports
- Fluetsch, N., Levy, C., & Tallon, L. (2019). The relationship of physical activity to mental health: A 2015 behavioral risk factor surveillance system data analysis. Journal of affective disorders, 253, 96-101.
- Tallon, L.A., Manjourides, J., Pun, V.C., Mittleman, M.A., Kioumourtzoglou, M.A., Coull, B., Suh,
H. (2017). Erectile Dysfunction and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in a Nationally Representative Cohort of Older Men. Environmental Health, 16(1), 12. - Tallon, L.A., Manjourides, J., Pun, V.C., Salhi, C., & Suh, H. (2017). Cognitive impacts of ambient air pollution in the National Social Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) cohort. Environment International, 104, 102-109.
- Mills, D.A., Tomassoni, A.J., Tallon, L.A., Kade, K.A., & Savoia, E.S. (2013). Mass Arsenic Poisoning and the Public Health Response in Maine. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 7(03), 319-326.
- Gibbons, C., Rodriguez, R., Tallon, L., & Sobsey, M. (2010). Evaluation of positively charged alumina nanofibre cartridge filters for the primary concentration of noroviruses, adenoviruses and male‐specific coliphages from seawater. Journal of applied microbiology, 109(2), 635-641.
- Savoia, E., Massin-Short, S., Higdon, M.A., Tallon, L., Matechi, E., & Stoto, M.A. (2010). A Toolkit to Assess Medical Reserve Corps Units' Performance. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 4(03), 213-219.
- Tallon, L. A., Love, D. C., Moore, Z. S., & Sobsey, M.D. (2008). Recovery and sequence analysis of hepatitis a virus from springwater implicated in an outbreak of acute viral hepatitis. Applied and environmental microbiology, 74(19), 6158-6160.