Alexandra Heaney

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Columbia UniversityPhD2019Environmental Health Sciences
    Stanford UniversityBA2014Human Biology

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    I am an environmental health scientist and climate epidemiologist. My research combines epidemiology, computational science, and community engagement to understand the relationships between climate variability and human disease in order to inform: 1) how climate change may impact disease risk in the future and 2) how climate information can be utilized to improve early warning disease prediction systems. I lead interdisciplinary projects that quantify the impacts of climate hazards—such as extreme heat, particulate dust, and wildfire smoke—on health outcomes ranging from emerging infectious diseases, adverse birth events, and healthcare utilization. I am deeply passionate about teaching and mentoring and committed to training the next generation of global health leaders to protect human health and well-being from climate change and other environmental hazards.
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    1. Prolonged coccidioidomycosis transmission seasons in a warming California: a Markov state transition model of shifting disease dynamics. J R Soc Interface. 2025 Feb; 22(223):20240821. Camponuri SK, Head JR, Collender PA, Weaver AK, Heaney AK, Colvin KA, Bhattachan A, Sondermeyer-Cooksey G, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Remais JV. PMID: 39999883; PMCID: PMC11858782.
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    2. Estimating the Exposure-Response Relationship between Fine Mineral Dust Concentration and Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Using Speciated Particulate Matter Data: A Longitudinal Surveillance Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 Jan; 133(1):17003. Weaver AK, Keeney N, Head JR, Heaney AK, Camponuri SK, Collender P, Bhattachan A, Okin GS, Eisen EA, Sondermeyer-Cooksey G, Yu A, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Balmes J, Taylor J, Remais JV, Strickland MJ. PMID: 39804964; PMCID: PMC11729455.
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    3. Prolonged dry seasons lengthen coccidioidomycosis transmission seasons: implications for a changing California. medRxiv. 2024 Oct 23. Camponuri SK, Head JR, Collender PA, Weaver AK, Heaney AK, Colvin KA, Bhattachan A, Sondermeyer-Cooksey G, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Remais JV. PMID: 39502662; PMCID: PMC11537322.
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    4. Recent and forecasted increases in coccidioidomycosis incidence in California linked to hydroclimatic swings. medRxiv. 2024 Aug 31. Camponuri SK, Heaney AK, Cooksey GS, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Swain DL, Balmes J, Remais JV, Head JR. PMID: 39252900; PMCID: PMC11383451.
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    5. Coccidioidomycosis seasonality in California: a longitudinal surveillance study of the climate determinants and spatiotemporal variability of seasonal dynamics, 2000-2021. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Oct; 38:100864. Heaney AK, Camponuri SK, Head JR, Collender P, Weaver A, Sondermeyer Cooksey G, Yu A, Vugia D, Jain S, Bhattachan A, Taylor J, Remais JV. PMID: 39253708; PMCID: PMC11382213.
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    6. Association between wildfires and coccidioidomycosis incidence in California, 2000-2018: a synthetic control analysis. Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Aug; 7(4):e254. Phillips S, Jones I, Sondermyer-Cooksey G, Yu AT, Heaney AK, Zhou B, Bhattachan A, Weaver AK, Campo SK, Mgbara W, Wagner R, Taylor J, Lettenmaier D, Okin GS, Jain S, Vugia D, Remais JV, Head JR. PMID: 37545805; PMCID: PMC10402968.
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    7. Effects of precipitation, heat, and drought on incidence and expansion of coccidioidomycosis in western USA: a longitudinal surveillance study. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 10; 6(10):e793-e803. Head JR, Sondermeyer-Cooksey G, Heaney AK, Yu AT, Jones I, Bhattachan A, Campo SK, Wagner R, Mgbara W, Phillips S, Keeney N, Taylor J, Eisen E, Lettenmaier DP, Hubbard A, Okin GS, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Remais JV. PMID: 36208642; PMCID: PMC10189771.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Optimizing laboratory-based surveillance networks for monitoring multi-genotype or multi-serotype infections. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 09; 18(9):e1010575. Cheng Q, Collender PA, Heaney AK, McLoughlin A, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Head JR, Dasan R, Liang S, Lv Q, Liu Y, Yang C, Chang HH, Waller LA, Zelner J, Lewnard JA, Remais JV. PMID: 36166479; PMCID: PMC9543988.
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    9. Impacts of Fine Particulate Matter From Wildfire Smoke on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health in California. Geohealth. 2022 Jun; 6(6):e2021GH000578. Heaney A, Stowell JD, Liu JC, Basu R, Marlier M, Kinney P. PMID: 35795228; PMCID: PMC9166629.
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    10. School closures reduced social mixing of children during COVID-19 with implications for transmission risk and school reopening policies. J R Soc Interface. 2021 04; 18(177):20200970. Head JR, Andrejko KL, Cheng Q, Collender PA, Phillips S, Boser A, Heaney AK, Hoover CM, Wu SL, Northrup GR, Click K, Bardach NS, Lewnard JA, Remais JV. PMID: 33849340; PMCID: PMC8086933.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    11. Coccidioidomycosis and COVID-19 Co-Infection, United States, 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(5):1266-1273. Heaney AK, Head JR, Broen K, Click K, Taylor J, Balmes JR, Zelner J, Remais JV. PMID: 33755007; PMCID: PMC8084485.
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    12. The DIOS framework for optimizing infectious disease surveillance: Numerical methods for simulation and multi-objective optimization of surveillance network architectures. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 12; 16(12):e1008477. Cheng Q, Collender PA, Heaney AK, Li X, Dasan R, Li C, Lewnard JA, Zelner JL, Liang S, Chang HH, Waller LA, Lopman BA, Yang C, Remais JV. PMID: 33275606; PMCID: PMC7744064.
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    13. The effect of school closures and reopening strategies on COVID-19 infection dynamics in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cross-sectional survey and modeling analysis. medRxiv. 2020 Aug 07. Head JR, Andrejko K, Cheng Q, Collender PA, Phillips S, Boser A, Heaney AK, Hoover CM, Wu SL, Northrup GR, Click K, Harrison R, Lewnard JA, Remais JV. PMID: 32793934; PMCID: PMC7418765.
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    14. El Niño-Southern oscillation and under-5 diarrhea in Botswana. Nat Commun. 2019 12 20; 10(1):5798. Heaney AK, Shaman J, Alexander KA. PMID: 31862873; PMCID: PMC6925142.
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    15. Ensemble forecast and parameter inference of childhood diarrhea in Chobe District, Botswana. Epidemics. 2020 03; 30:100372. Heaney AK, Alexander KA, Shaman J. PMID: 31551173; PMCID: PMC7669214.
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    16. Climate Change and Physical Activity: Estimated Impacts of Ambient Temperatures on Bikeshare Usage in New York City. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 03; 127(3):37002. Heaney AK, Carrión D, Burkart K, Lesk C, Jack D. PMID: 30835141; PMCID: PMC6768325.
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    17. Hydrometeorology and flood pulse dynamics drive diarrheal disease outbreaks and increase vulnerability to climate change in surface-water-dependent populations: A retrospective analysis. PLoS Med. 2018 11; 15(11):e1002688. Alexander KA, Heaney AK, Shaman J. PMID: 30408029; PMCID: PMC6224043.
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    18. Influenza forecast optimization when using different surveillance data types and geographic scale. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2018 11; 12(6):755-764. Morita H, Kramer S, Heaney A, Gil H, Shaman J. PMID: 30028083; PMCID: PMC6185890.
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    19. Inference and forecast of H7N9 influenza in China, 2013 to 2015. Euro Surveill. 2017 Feb 16; 22(7). Li R, Bai Y, Heaney A, Kandula S, Cai J, Zhao X, Xu B, Shaman J. PMID: 28230525; PMCID: PMC5322186.
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    20. Meteorological variability and infectious disease in Central Africa: a review of meteorological data quality. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 10; 1382(1):31-43. Heaney A, Little E, Ng S, Shaman J. PMID: 27244461; PMCID: PMC5184398.
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    21. Climate-driven migration: an exploratory case study of Maasai health perceptions and help-seeking behaviors. Int J Public Health. 2016 Jul; 61(6):641-649. Heaney AK, Winter SJ. PMID: 26552667.
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