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Leslie Hart

Leslie Hart

Associate Professor of Public Health

Education

  • Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina
  • M.S. in Environmental Studies, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
  • B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science, College of William and Mary

Research Interests

“OneHealth” is the concept that human, environmental, and wildlife health are inextricably linked. Our impact on the environment can be detected and monitored through studies of wild animals and plants, which can warn of potential impacts to human users of the same natural resources.  The HOPE (Hypothesizing Onehealth Pollution Effects) research lab studies exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and microplastics in humans and dolphins, providing an opportunity to examine the connections between our oceans and human health.

Affiliations

  • Co-Director, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Center for Coastal Environmental and Human Health
  • Research Affiliate, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health
  • Assessment Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development
  • Adjunct Faculty, Environmental Studies Graduate Program
  • Adjunct Faculty, Marine Biology Graduate Program
  • Faculty Mentor, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Women’s Health Research Team

Honors & Awards

  • Nominee, Distinguished Researcher Award, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2021
  • Nominee, William V. Moore Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2019
  • Nominee, South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award, SC SeaGrant, 2018
  • ExCEL Award, Outstanding Faculty of the Year, School of Education, Health and Human Performance, 2018

Courses Taught

  • HEAL 350: Epidemiology
  • HEAL 456: Biostatistics in Health Services
  • HEAL 470: Public Health Research Design and Analysis

Selected Publications

*student co-authors

  • *Dziobak M.K., Fahlman A., Wells R.S., Takeshita R., Smith C., Gray A., Weinstein, J., & Hart, L.B. (2024), "" PLoS ONE 19(10): e0309377.
  • Hart, L.B., *Dziobak, M., Wells, R.S., Berens McCabe, E., *Conger, E., *Curtin, T., *Knight, M., & Weinstein, J. (2023), “.” Oceans, 4(4), 409-422. 
  • Hart, L.B., *Dziobak, M., Wells, R.S., Ertel, B., & Weinstein, J. (2022), “.” Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 947124.
  • Hart, L.B., *Lightsey, M., Johnson, K., *Golder, J., *Vassy, M.B., & Sundstrom, B. (2022), “.” Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 7, 100117.
  • *Dziobak, M.K., Balmer, B.C., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., & Hart, L.B. (2022), “.” Oceans, 3(3), 231-249.
  • *Dziobak, M.K., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., & Hart, L.B. (2022), “.” Animals: an open access journal from MDPI, 12(7), 824.
  • *Dziobak, M.K., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., & Hart, L.B. (2021), “.” GeoHealth, 5(5), e2020GH000348.
  • Hart, L.B., *Dziobak, M., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E., & Wirth, E. (2020), “.” PLoS One, 15(10), e0240506.
  • Hart, L.B., *Walker, J., Beckingham, B., *Shelley, A., *Alten Flagg, M., *Wischusen, K., & Sundstrom, B. (2020), “.” Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 30, 97-106.
  • Hart, L.B., Beckingham, B., Wells, R.S., *Alten Flagg, M., *Wischusen, K., Moors, A., Kucklick, J., Pisarski, E., & Wirth, E. (2018), “.” GeoHealth, 2(10), 313-326.
  • O’Hara, T.M., & Hart, L.B. (2018), “Environmental Toxicology”.  In: CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, 3rd  Eds. F.M.D. Gulland and L. Dierauf. Pgs: 297-317.