Alina McIntyre, PhD

Dr. Alina McIntyre joined Silent Spring Institute and Northeastern University’s Social Science and Environmental Health Research Institute as a NIH T32 postdoctoral research fellow in August 2024. She collaborates on three projects: 1) The PFAS HOME study, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2) Reporting Individual Exposure Results: Expanding effective report-back of environmental exposures among new researchers and clinic-based studies, funded by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, and 3) Women Exposures at Work: Occupational and other Systemic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Among Immigrant Women, funded by the California Breast Cancer Research Program.

Dr. McIntyre completed her PhD in Environmental Health with concentrations in exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, and biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Her dissertation research included working with the Chelsea and East Boston Heat Study (C-HEAT), a collaborative project between the Chelsea-based environmental justice organization GreenRoots, Inc. and BUSPH. She conducted local extreme heat and air pollution exposure research using qualitative methods, exposure assessment, and geospatial mapping tools. Dr. McIntyre also brings specific expertise in mixed-methods, community-engaged research approaches. One of the most meaningful parts of her graduate degree included working alongside GreenRoots and connecting with Chelsea community members. She aims to continue to build and sustain local partnerships throughout her career.

Dr. McIntyre holds a MHS in Environmental Health and Engineering from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BA in both Community Heath and Spanish from Tufts University.