Faculty Profile

Pete Larson

Peter Larson, PhD, MS

  • Research Investigator, Epidemiology

  • PhD, Epidemiological Science, University of Michigan, 2013
  • MS, Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2009
  • MA Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, 2007

Research Interests

Spatial Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Mental Health, Injury Prevention

Larson PS, Steiner AL, O'Neill MS, Baptist AP, Gronlund CJ. Chronic and infectious respiratory mortality and short-term exposures to four types of pollen taxa in older adults in Michigan, 2006-2017. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 16;25(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21386-3. 

Larson PS, Bergmans RS. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on temporal patterns of mental health and substance abuse related mortality in Michigan: An interrupted time series analysis. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Jun;10:100218. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2022.100218. Epub 2022 Mar 6.


Larson PS, Ndemwa M, Thomas AF, Tamari N, Diela P, Changoma M, Mohamed A, Larson MC, Ketenci KC, Goto K, Kaneko S. Snakebite victim profiles and treatment-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya: results from a health demographic surveillance system. Trop Med Health. 2022 Apr 29;50(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00421-8.

Larson PS, Eisenberg JNS, Berrocal VJ, Mathanga DP, Wilson ML. An urban-to-rural continuum of malaria risk: new analytic approaches characterize patterns in Malawi. Malar J. 2021 Oct 24;20(1):418. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03950-5.

Larson, P. S., Thorsby, J. S., Liu, X., King, E., & Miller, C. J. (2024). Crowd-based spatial risk assessment of urban flooding: Results from a municipal flood hotline in Detroit, MI. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 17(2), e12974. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12974

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