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Shannon Rutherford is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a substantial focus on health-related issues influenced by environmental factors.

Their work covers various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Physiology. This range reflects an interdisciplinary approach to environmental health and its broader social implications.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

Shannon Rutherford has authored several notable papers that address complex issues related to environmental health and disaster risk reduction. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Developing a Preliminary Causal Loop Diagram for Understanding the Wicked Complexity of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, published in Systems
  • Ambient Temperature and Years of Life Lost: A National Study in China, 2020, published in The Innovation
  • Effect of Elevated Ambient Temperature on Maternal, Foetal, and Neonatal Outcomes: A Scoping Review, 2022, published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Analysis of crisis communication by the Prime Minister of Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Enhancing community engagement in disaster early warning system in Aceh, Indonesia: opportunities and challenges, 2020, published in Natural Hazards

Their frequent coauthors comprise researchers with whom they have established ongoing collaborations. These include:

  • Aaron J. E. Bach
  • Dung Phung
  • Neil Harris
  • Zhiwei Xu
  • Gigil Marme

Shannon Rutherford's publications are often found in journals that emphasize environmental and public health as well as disaster risk. The venues with the highest frequency of their publications include:

  • Environmental Research
  • International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Research Square
  • Infection Disease & Health

Best Publications

  • Review of time lag permeation technique as a method for characterisation of porous media and membranes

    S. W. Rutherford;D. D. Do

  • Ambient temperature and risk of cardiovascular hospitalization: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Dung Phung;Phong K. Thai;Yuming Guo;Lidia Morawska

  • The short-term effect of heat waves on mortality and its modifiers in China: An analysis from 66 communities

    Wenjun Ma;Weilin Zeng;Maigeng Zhou;Lijun Wang

  • Particle size and chemical constituents of ambient particulate pollution associated with cardiovascular mortality in Guangzhou, China

    Hualiang Lin;Jun Tao;Yaodong Du;Tao Liu

  • Review of the Cervical Cancer Burden and Population-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in China.

    Jiangli Di;Shannon Rutherford;Cordia Chu

  • Using Google Trends for influenza surveillance in South China.

    Min Kang;Haojie Zhong;Jianfeng He;Shannon Rutherford

  • The washout effects of rainfall on atmospheric particulate pollution in two Chinese cities.

    Ling-Chuan Guo;Yonghui Zhang;Hualiang Lin;Weilin Zeng

  • Associations between outdoor air pollution and daily mortality in Brisbane, Australia.

    Rod W. Simpson;Gail M. Williams;Anna Petroeschevsky;Geoff Morgan

  • Temperature–mortality relationship in four subtropical Chinese cities: A time-series study using a distributed lag non-linear model

    Wei Wu;Yize Xiao;Guangchun Li;Weilin Zeng

  • Associations between outdoor air pollution and hospital admissions in Brisbane, Australia.

    Anna Petroeschevsky;Rod W. Simpson;Lukman Thalib;Shannon Rutherford

  • The temperature-mortality relationship in China: An analysis from 66 Chinese communities.

    Wenjun Ma;Lijun Wang;Hualiang Lin;Tao Liu

  • The effect of heat waves on mortality and effect modifiers in four communities of Guangdong Province, China

    Weilin Zeng;Xiangqian Lao;Shannon Rutherford;Yanjun Xu

  • Short-term effects of the 2008 cold spell on mortality in three subtropical cities in Guangdong Province, China.

    Huiyan Xie;Zhibin Yao;Yonghui Zhang;Yanjun Xu

  • Temporal and spatial assessment of river surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: a study in Can Tho City, a Mekong Delta area, Vietnam

    Dung Phung;Cunrui Huang;Shannon Rutherford;Febi Dwirahmadi

  • Lagged effect of diurnal temperature range on mortality in a subtropical megacity of China.

    Yuan Luo;Yonghui Zhang;Tao Liu;Shannon Rutherford

  • Characterizing a large outbreak of dengue fever in Guangdong Province, China

    Jian-Peng Xiao;Jian-Feng He;Ai-Ping Deng;Hua-Liang Lin

  • Microscopic and submicron components of atmospheric particulate matter during high asthma periods in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    M. Glikson;S. Rutherford;R.W. Simpson;C.A. Mitchell

  • Associations between risk perception, spontaneous adaptation behavior to heat waves and heatstroke in Guangdong province, China

    Tao Liu;Yan Jun Xu;Yong Hui Zhang;Qing Hua Yan

  • Health impact of the 2008 cold spell on mortality in subtropical China: the climate and health impact national assessment study (CHINAs).

    Mai Geng Zhou;Li Jun Wang;Tao Liu;Yong Hui Zhang

  • A systematic review of Community Engagement (CE) in Disaster Early Warning Systems (EWSs)

    Sofyan Sufri;Febi Dwirahmadi;Dung Phung;Shannon Rutherford

  • The short-term effect of ambient ozone on mortality is modified by temperature in Guangzhou, China

    Tao Liu;Tian Tian Li;Yong Hui Zhang;Yan Jun Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Cordia Chu
Cordia Chu Griffith University
Hualiang Lin
Hualiang Lin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Duong D. Do
Duong D. Do University of Queensland
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Des Connell
Des Connell Griffith University
Changwen Ke
Changwen Ke Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Gail M. Williams
Gail M. Williams University of Queensland
Zhengmin Qian
Zhengmin Qian Saint Louis University
Phong K. Thai
Phong K. Thai University of Queensland
Lyn R. Griffiths
Lyn R. Griffiths Queensland University of Technology

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