JOHN L. PEARCE, PhD 

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Pearce is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health and the leader of the Air Quality Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina.  He holds a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Science from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and completed his postdoctoral training in environmental biostatistics at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. His research centers on improving understanding between complex environmental exposures and health and he has served as principal investigator for grants awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,  the NIH sponsored Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (ECHO), and the US Environmental Protection Agency.  

Research Interests: exposure science, geographic information science, environmental epidemiology, and environmental statistics.