Paloma Beamer, PhD
Biography
Paloma I. Beamer, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. She is the Community Engagement Core Director for the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (NIEHS P30) and an Associate Editor for Environmental Health Perspectives. She is an environmental engineer by training and earned her BS from the University of California, Berkeley and her MS and PhD from Stanford University. She received a Mentored Quantitative Research Award from NIH and a Scientific Technological Achievement Award (Level I) from the US EPA. She has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for US EPA and ATSDR and as President of the International Society of Exposure Science.
Cancer Focus
Her research focuses on understanding how individuals are exposed to environmental contaminants, including carcinogens, and the health risks of these exposures with a special focus on vulnerable populations, including children, low-wage immigrant workers, Native Americans and those in the US-Mexico Border Region. She is currently funded by NIH for a to conduct a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of a promotora intervention at reducing exposures to carcinogens in small businesses like auto repair shops or beauty salons.
Selected Publications
Van Horne, Y. Ornelas, J. Parks, T. Tran, L. Abrell, K. A. Reynolds, and P. I. Beamer, "Seasonal Variation of Water Quality in Unregulated Domestic Wells.", Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 16, issue 9, 2019 05 05. PMCID: PMC6539867 PMID: 31060292
Pellizzari, E. D., T. J. Woodruff, R. R. Boyles, K. Kannan, P. I. Beamer, J. P. Buckley, A. Wang, Y. Zhu, and D. H. Bennett, "Identifying and Prioritizing Chemicals with Uncertain Burden of Exposure: Opportunities for Biomonitoring and Health-Related Research.", Environ Health Perspect, vol. 127, issue 12, pp. 126001, 2019 12. PMCID: PMC6957289 PMID: 31850800
Loh, M. M., A. Sugeng, N. Lothrop, W. Klimecki, M. Cox, S. T. Wilkinson, Z. Lu, and P. I. Beamer, "Multimedia exposures to arsenic and lead for children near an inactive mine tailings and smelter site.", Environ Res, vol. 146, pp. 331-9, 2016 Apr. PMCID: PMC5344033 PMID: 26803211
Sugeng, A. J., P. I. Beamer, E. A. Lutz, and C. B. Rosales, "Hazard-ranking of agricultural pesticides for chronic health effects in Yuma County, Arizona.", Sci Total Environ, vol. 463-464, pp. 35-41, 2013 Oct 01. PMCID: PMC3769516 PMID: 23783270
Beamer, P. I., C. E. Luik, L. Abrell, S. Campos, M. Elena Martinez, and E. A Sáez, "Concentration of trichloroethylene in breast milk and household water from Nogales, Arizona.", Environ Sci Technol, vol. 46, issue 16, pp. 9055-61, 2012 Aug 21. PMCID: PMC3699401 PMID: 22827160