Kazuhiko Ito
Dr. Kazuhiko Ito is Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine at Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental health sciences from New York University in 1985 and 1990, respectively. Dr. Ito received his B.S. in applied chemistry from Yokohama National University, Japan in 1982.
Dr. Ito’s main area of expertise is human health effects and exposure assessment of ambient air pollutants. His current research interests include: (1) the roles of particulate matter (PM) components on human heath effects; (2) source-oriented evaluation of PM health effects using the PM2.5 chemical speciation network data; (3) the exposure error associated with ambient air pollution monitoring network and its implication on observed health effects; and (4) identification of sensitive sub-populations to ambient air pollution. Dr. Ito has published many articles on the mortality and morbidity effects of PM and gaseous pollutants. He has also published research papers on spatial/temporal variations of air pollution as well as source-apportionment.
Currently, Dr. Ito is a contributing author to EPA’s Air Quality Criteria Document on Ozone (short-term mortality effects), and has been a contributing author to the current and past EPA Criteria Document on Particulate Matter (short-term mortality effects).