Alexander Gershunov

Title(s)	Researcher, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography
School	Vc-marine Sciences
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Uncovering social and environmental factors that increase the burden of climate-sensitive diarrheal infections on children. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 01 17; 120(3):e2119409120. Dimitrova A, Gershunov A, Levy MC, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 36623190; PMCID: PMC9934300.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
A novel ensemble-based statistical approach to estimate daily wildfire-specific PM2.5 in California (2006-2020). Environ Int. 2023 01; 171:107719. Aguilera R, Luo N, Basu R, Wu J, Clemesha R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 36592523; PMCID: PMC10191217.

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Env Environmental Health Tox Toxicology
Translation:PHPublic Health
Mediating Role of Fine Particles Abatement on Pediatric Respiratory Health During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in San Diego County, California. Geohealth. 2022 Sep; 6(9):e2022GH000637. Aguilera R, Leibel S, Corringham T, Bialostozky M, Nguyen MB, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 36545248; PMCID: PMC9756275.

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Climate change contributions to future atmospheric river flood damages in the western United States. Sci Rep. 2022 08 12; 12(1):13747. Corringham TW, McCarthy J, Shulgina T, Gershunov A, Cayan DR, Ralph FM. PMID: 35961991; PMCID: PMC9374734.

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Sci Science
A Perspective on Pediatric Respiratory Outcomes During California Wildfires Due to Smoke and PM2.5 Exposure. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:891616. Naughten SM, Aguilera R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T, Leibel S. PMID: 35874572; PMCID: PMC9298841.

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Precipitation variability and risk of infectious disease in children under 5 years for 32 countries: a global analysis using Demographic and Health Survey data. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 02; 6(2):e147-e155. Dimitrova A, McElroy S, Levy M, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 35150623.

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Env Environmental Health
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Heat Waves and Emergency Department Visits Among the Homeless, San Diego, 2012-2019. Am J Public Health. 2022 01; 112(1):98-106. Schwarz L, Castillo EM, Chan TC, Brennan JJ, Sbiroli ES, Carrasco-Escobar G, Nguyen A, Clemesha RES, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 34936416; PMCID: PMC8713618.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Extreme heat, preterm birth, and stillbirth: A global analysis across 14 lower-middle income countries. Environ Int. 2022 01; 158:106902. McElroy S, Ilango S, Dimitrova A, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 34627013.

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Env Environmental Health Tox Toxicology
Translation:Humans
Mobility data to aid assessment of human responses to extreme environmental conditions. Lancet Planet Health. 2021 10; 5(10):e665-e667. Hatchett BJ, Benmarhnia T, Guirguis K, VanderMolen K, Gershunov A, Kerwin H, Khlystov A, Lambrecht KM, Samburova V. PMID: 34627467.

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Env Environmental Health
Ignitions explain more than temperature or precipitation in driving Santa Ana wind fires. Sci Adv. 2021 Jul; 7(30). Keeley JE, Guzman-Morales J, Gershunov A, Syphard AD, Cayan D, Pierce DW, Flannigan M, Brown TJ. PMID: 34290099; PMCID: PMC8294765.

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Sci Science
Spatial variation in the joint effect of extreme heat events and ozone on respiratory hospitalizations in California. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 06 01; 118(22). Schwarz L, Hansen K, Alari A, Ilango SD, Bernal N, Basu R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 34031244; PMCID: PMC8179213.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Hot and cold flavors of southern California's Santa Ana winds: their causes, trends, and links with wildfire. Clim Dyn. 2021; 57(7-8):2233-2248. Gershunov A, Guzman Morales J, Hatchett B, Guirguis K, Aguilera R, Shulgina T, Abatzoglou JT, Cayan D, Pierce D, Williams P, Small I, Clemesha R, Schwarz L, Benmarhnia T, Tardy A. PMID: 34092924; PMCID: PMC8165508.

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Fine Particles in Wildfire Smoke and Pediatric Respiratory Health in California. Pediatrics. 2021 04; 147(4). Aguilera R, Corringham T, Gershunov A, Leibel S, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 33757996.

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Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Racial/ethnic disparities in the association between fine particles and respiratory hospital admissions in San Diego county, CA. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2021; 56(4):473-480. Mehta S, Vashishtha D, Schwarz L, Corcos I, Gershunov A, Guirguis K, Basu R, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 33678143.

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Tox Toxicology
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Wildfire smoke impacts respiratory health more than fine particles from other sources: observational evidence from Southern California. Nat Commun. 2021 03 05; 12(1):1493. Aguilera R, Corringham T, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 33674571; PMCID: PMC7935892.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Respiratory hospitalizations and wildfire smoke: a spatiotemporal analysis of an extreme firestorm in San Diego County, California. Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Oct; 4(5):e114. Aguilera R, Hansen K, Gershunov A, Ilango SD, Sheridan P, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 33778351; PMCID: PMC7941788.

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Thermal thresholds heighten sensitivity of West Nile virus transmission to changing temperatures in coastal California. Proc Biol Sci. 2020 08 12; 287(1932):20201065. Skaff NK, Cheng Q, Clemesha RES, Collender PA, Gershunov A, Head JR, Hoover CM, Lettenmaier DP, Rohr JR, Snyder RE, Remais JV. PMID: 32752986; PMCID: PMC7575529.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells PHPublic Health
Defining heat waves and extreme heat events using sub-regional meteorological data to maximize benefits of early warning systems to population health. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jun 15; 721:137678. McElroy S, Schwarz L, Green H, Corcos I, Guirguis K, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 32197289.

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Env Environmental Health
Increase in Pediatric Respiratory Visits Associated with Santa Ana Wind-Driven Wildfire Smoke and PM2.5 Levels in San Diego County. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 03; 17(3):313-320. Leibel S, Nguyen M, Brick W, Parker J, Ilango S, Aguilera R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 31860802.

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Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Extreme heat episodes and risk of preterm birth in California, 2005-2013. Environ Int. 2020 04; 137:105541. Ilango SD, Weaver M, Sheridan P, Schwarz L, Clemesha RES, Bruckner T, Basu R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 32059147.

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Env Environmental Health Tox Toxicology
Translation:Humans
Santa Ana Winds of Southern California Impact PM2.5 With and Without Smoke From Wildfires. Geohealth. 2020 Jan; 4(1):e2019GH000225. Aguilera R, Gershunov A, Ilango SD, Guzman-Morales J, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 32159048; PMCID: PMC7007151.

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Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States. Sci Adv. 2019 12; 5(12):eaax4631. Corringham TW, Ralph FM, Gershunov A, Cayan DR, Talbot CA. PMID: 31840064; PMCID: PMC6892633.

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Sci Science
Precipitation regime change in Western North America: The role of Atmospheric Rivers. Sci Rep. 2019 07 09; 9(1):9944. Gershunov A, Shulgina T, Clemesha RES, Guirguis K, Pierce DW, Dettinger MD, Lavers DA, Cayan DR, Polade SD, Kalansky J, Ralph FM. PMID: 31289295; PMCID: PMC6617450.

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Sci Science
Associations between ambient temperature and hepatobiliary and renal hospitalizations in California, 1999 to 2009. Environ Res. 2019 10; 177:108566. Malig BJ, Wu XM, Guirguis K, Gershunov A, Basu R. PMID: 31323396.

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Env Environmental Health
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Atmospheric rivers impact California's coastal water quality via extreme precipitation. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Jun 25; 671:488-494. Aguilera R, Gershunov A, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 30933803.

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Env Environmental Health
Translation:PHPublic Health
Outpatient clinic visits during heat waves: findings from a large family medicine clinical database. Fam Pract. 2018 09 18; 35(5):567-570. Vashishtha D, Sieber W, Hailey B, Guirguis K, Gershunov A, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 29538692; PMCID: PMC6142717.

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Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans
Heat, Disparities, and Health Outcomes in San Diego County's Diverse Climate Zones. Geohealth. 2018 Jul; 2(7):212-223. Guirguis K, Basu R, Al-Delaimy WK, Benmarhnia T, Clemesha RES, Corcos I, Guzman-Morales J, Hailey B, Small I, Tardy A, Vashishtha D, Zivin JG, Gershunov A. PMID: 32159015; PMCID: PMC7007153.

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Ambient temperature and added heat wave effects on hospitalizations in California from 1999 to 2009. Environ Res. 2018 01; 160:83-90. Sherbakov T, Malig B, Guirguis K, Gershunov A, Basu R. PMID: 28964966.

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Env Environmental Health
Translation:Humans
Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions. Sci Rep. 2017 09 07; 7(1):10783. Polade SD, Gershunov A, Cayan DR, Dettinger MD, Pierce DW. PMID: 28883636; PMCID: PMC5589768.

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Sci Science
The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes. Sci Rep. 2014 Mar 13; 4:4364. Polade SD, Pierce DW, Cayan DR, Gershunov A, Dettinger MD. PMID: 24621567; PMCID: PMC3952143.

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Sci Science
Climate change and microbiological water quality at California beaches. Ecohealth. 2012 Sep; 9(3):293-7. Semenza JC, Caplan JS, Buescher G, Das T, Brinks MV, Gershunov A. PMID: 22805768.

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Env Environmental Health
Translation:Cells PHPublic Health
Climatic control of upwelling variability along the western North-American coast. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e30436. Macias D, Landry MR, Gershunov A, Miller AJ, Franks PJ. PMID: 22276199; PMCID: PMC3261912.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Dec 14; 107(50):21271-6. Cayan DR, Das T, Pierce DW, Barnett TP, Tyree M, Gershunov A. PMID: 21149687; PMCID: PMC3003012.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Interannual variability of human plague occurrence in the Western United States explained by tropical and North Pacific Ocean climate variability. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep; 83(3):624-32. Ari TB, Gershunov A, Tristan R, Cazelles B, Gage K, Stenseth NC. PMID: 20810830; PMCID: PMC2929061.

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Tro Tropical Medicine
Translation:Humans Animals PHPublic Health
Human plague in the USA: the importance of regional and local climate. Biol Lett. 2008 Dec 23; 4(6):737-40. Ben Ari T, Gershunov A, Gage KL, Snäll T, Ettestad P, Kausrud KL, Stenseth NC. PMID: 18765356; PMCID: PMC2614152.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Humans Cells