Brian Bossak

About Dr. Bossak

• Education

  • Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

  • Ph.D. Geography (Natural Hazards / Climate Change), Florida State University

  • M.P.H. Environmental Health, Emory University

  • M.A. Geography (Geographic Systems / Remote Sensing), University of Georgia

  • B.S. Geography (Climatology), University of Georgia

• Research Interests

  • Spatial Epidemiology / Medical Geography
  • Climate Change and Health
  • Vector-borne Disease
  • Applied GIS / Remote Sensing
  • Natural Hazards / Public Health Preparedness
  • Water Quality

• Affiliations

  • Carolinas Heat Health Coalition
  • Royal Society for Public Health (Fellow)
  • Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (Fellow)
  • South Carolina Public Health Association
  • South Carolina Public Health Reserve Corps

• Honors & Awards

  • 2022 – Fulbright Scholar Award, Fulbright US Scholar Program

• Courses Taught

  • HEAL 215: Intro to Public Health
  • HEAL 345: Environmental Health
  • HEAL 350: Epidemiology
  • HEAL 460: Public Health Administration

• Publications

  • Emery, B., Fullerton, H., and Bossak, B. (2022) “Resistance on the rise: Assessment of antibiotic-resistant indicator organisms in Shem Creek, Charleston, South Carolina.” Dialogues in Health, 1(2022).
  • Sugg, M.M., Runkle, J.D., Dow, K., Barnes, J., Stevens, S., Pearce, J., Bossak, B., and Curtis, S. (2022) “Individual Experienced Heat Index in a Coastal Southeastern US City among an Occupationally Exposed Population.” International Journal of Biometeorology, 66(8), 1665-1681.
  • Bossak, B.H., and Andritsch, S. (2022) “COVID-19 and Air Pollution: A Spatial Analysis of Particulate Matter Concentration and Pandemic-Associated Mortality in the US.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1).
  • Bossak, B.H., and Turk, C.A. (2021) “Spatial Variability in COVID-19 Mortality.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 5892.
  • Lynn, M.K., Bossak, B.H., Sandifer, P.A., Watson, A., and Nolan, M.S. (2020) “Contemporary Autochthonous Human Chagas Disease in the USA.” Acta tropica, 205, 105361.
  • Luque, J.S., Becker, A., Bossak, B.H., Grzywacz, J.G., Tovar-Aguilar, J.A., and Guo, Y. (2020) “Knowledge and Practices to Avoid Heat-Related Illness among Hispanic Farmworkers on the Florida Georgia Line.” Journal of Agromedicine, 25(2), 190-200.
  • Luque, J.S., Bossak, B.H., Davila, C.B., and Tovar-Aguilar, J.A. (2019) “’I think the temperature was 110 degrees!’: Work safety discussions among Hispanic farmworkers.” Journal of Agromedicine, 24(1), 15-25.
  • Lynn, M.K., and Bossak, B.H. (2017) “Analysis of a Secular Trend in Malaria Incidence: Venezuela, 1959-2015.” Journal of Global Epidemiology and Environmental Health, 2017, 54-59.
  • Welford, M.R., Bossak, B.H., and Gibney, E.J. 2017) “Archival Evidence of Secular Changes in Georgia Hurricanes: 1750-2012.” In Hurricanes and Climate Change. Vol 3: 35-54.
  • Bossak, B. H., and Welford, M. R. (2016). “Spatio-temporal characteristics of the medieval Black Death”. In Spatial analysis in health geography 1^st Ed: 71-84.