Erika Austhof

Assistant Research Professor, College of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Erika joined the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in 2012. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Arizona in 2023. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Austhof was an Epidemiologist with the college coordinating public health research projects in food-borne diseases and climate change and health. Her research focus is on understanding how extreme weather and climate change influence food-borne, water-borne, and enteric diseases transmission dynamics. With CLIMAS she supports public health stakeholders in developing mitigation and adaptation activities to address the health effects of climate change.

Publications

Austhof, Erika, and Heidi Brown. Exploring the Association of Weather Variability on Campylobacter – A Systematic Review. July 2024.

Watkins, L., et al. A Co-Produced Workflow for Addressing Inequities in Cooling Center Access. 2024.

Brown, Heidi, et al. Economics, Health, or Environment: What Motivates Individual Climate Action?. Aug. 2023.

Austhof, Erika, and Heidi Brown. Global Warming’s Six MTurks: A Secondary Analysis of a US-Based Online Crowdsourcing Market. July 2022, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148320.

Chambers, S., et al. Summary of Body Heat Storage Layer Development. University of Arizona, 2022.

Von Ohlen, K., et al. Summary of Pima County Cooling Center Spatial Optimization. A Report for the Arizona CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Project. University of Arizona, 2022.

Austhof, Erika, and Heidi Brown. Flexibility and Partnerships Perceived As Supportive of Dual Hazard Response: COVID-19 and Heat Related Illness, Summer 2020. Oct. 2021.

Keith, Ladd, et al. Extreme Heat at Outdoor Vaccination Sites: Banner South (Kino) Report. The University of Arizona, 2021.

Keith, Ladd, et al. Extreme Heat at Outdoor Vaccination Sites: Tucson Medical Center Report. 2021.

Keith, Ladd, et al. Extreme Heat at Outdoor Vaccination Sites: UArizona POD Report. The University of Arizona, 2021.

Austhof, Erika, et al. Participation and Engagement of Public Health Stakeholders in Climate and Health Adaptation. 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11030265.

Roach, Matthew, et al. Addendum to the Arizona Climate and Health Adaptation Plan. 2018.

Austhof, Erika, and Heidi Brown. Arizona Climate and Health Adaptation Plan 2017. 2017.

Projects

Name	Project type	Project Dates
Climate and Health Adaptation Monitoring Program (CHAMP): Identifying gaps in stakeholder needs regarding the climate-health connection	Research	2018
Identifying Gaps Stakeholder Needs Regarding the Climate-Health Connection	Research	2017
Projections of Climate Impacts on Vector-Borne Diseases and Valley Fever in Arizona	Research	2015