Faculty Profile
Devon Payne-Sturges, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., M.Engr.
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Devon Payne-Sturges research focuses on racial and economic disparities in exposures
to environmental contaminants and associated health risks with the aim of improving
the science our society uses to make decisions about environmental policies that impact
the health of communities and populations, especially vulnerable, low income and minority
populations. Dr. Payne-Sturges is currently conducting research applying systems modeling
to better understand the links between structural racism, cumulative environmental
exposures and health outcomes among children and migrant farmworkers. Dr. Payne-Sturges’s
research has been supported with funding from NIEHS, the Environmental Defense Fund,
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and UMD’s VPR. APHA’s Environment Section honored
her achievements with the 2024 Environmental Health Career Award. Dr. Payne-Sturges
earned her MPH and Doctor of Public Health degrees in environmental health sciences
from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She values transdisciplinary
collaborations to generate the informational bases for establishing environmental
policies that are truly protective of public health.
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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