M. Patricia Fabian, ScD
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Environmental Health

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MS, University of Colorado Boulder
BS, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Pronouns: she/her/hers



M. Patricia Fabian is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Associate Director at the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University. She founded the Sustainable Built Environment Lab which conducts research on extreme heat resilience in cities, indoor air quality in schools and homes, and energy transitions in the built environment. Dr. Fabian leads multiple interdisciplinary teams and is a faculty affiliate of the BUSPH Center for Climate and Health and the BU Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering.

Dr. Fabian's research group has published over 100 articles in the peer-reviewed literature, and she has been quoted in multiple media outlets. She was a Steering Committee member for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the 80x50 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Study and currently serves on the Massachusetts Climate Science Advisory Panel.


Supporting Regional Implementation of Integrated Climate Resilience: Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) Phase III
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2026 (Subcontract PI)
Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York Dept of Comm NOAA


Building response capacity to extreme heat exposure in Chelsea and East Boston
09/16/2022 - 09/16/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: M. Patricia Fabian, ScD
Barr Foundation, Inc.


Clean Energy & Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) initiative
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: M. Patricia Fabian, ScD
University of Massachusetts, Lowell MA DOER (Energy Res)


Access to Efficient, Affordable Household Energy Services in Massachusetts
03/01/2024 - 02/28/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: M. Patricia Fabian, ScD
Eversource Energy


Examining Home Environments and Asthma Interventions in the Tennessee Valley
01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Three3, Inc. Dept of HUD


Asthma Simulation Tool for Housing, Medication and Social Adversity (ASTHMA)
08/01/2017 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5R01ES027816-05

To support research on extreme heat impacts and interventions in Chelsea and East Boston
12/20/2019 - 12/15/2022 (PI)
Barr Foundation, Inc.




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  1. Botana Martinez MP, Vyas PD, Walsh KH, Main L, Bolton L, Yuan Y, Yajima M, Fabian MP. Rethinking heat in thousands of school classrooms through continuous monitoring and novel exposure metrics. Indoor Environments. 2025; 3(2). View Publication
  2. Ge B, Tieskens K, Vyas P, Botana Martinez MP, Yuan Y, Walsh KH, Main L, Bolton L, Yajima M, Fabian MP. Decision tools for schools using continuous indoor air quality monitors: a case study of CO2 in Boston Public Schools. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Aug; 48:101148. PMID: 40585557; PMCID: PMC12206041; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101148;
     
  3. Yuan Y, Yajima M, Lee J, Walsh KH, Tong B, Main L, Bolton L, Fabian MP. Estimating air exchange rates in K-12 schools from a CO2 sensor network using machine learning. Indoor Environments. 2025; 2(2). View Publication
  4. Chen F, Hart JE, Chen JT, Coull BA, Fabian MP, Schwartz J, Adamkiewicz G. Short-term ambient PM2.5 exposure and cause-specific mortality in Massachusetts: Effect modification by structural air exchange rates. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Jun; 9(3):e385. PMID: 40255867; PMCID: PMC12005940; DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000385;
     
  5. Bozigar M, Connolly CL, Vermeer K, Carvalho L, Cohen RT, Dugas JN, Levy JI, Fabian MP. Associations between in-home environmental exposures and lung function in a safety net population of children with asthma using electronic health records and geospatial data. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 May; 105:47-52.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40189077; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.04.001;
     
  6. Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Black MM, Weijer I, Giudice C, Esteves G, Fabian P, Zanobetti A, Cutts DB, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa ER, Frank DA. Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children's Weight Trajectory. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Jul; 125(7):900-908.e5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39644920; DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.12.004;
     
  7. McIntyre A, Heidari L, Hagen M, Bongiovanni R, Bowman BN, Fabian P, Kinney P, Scammell MK. Extreme Heat and Air Quality: Community Leader Perspectives on Information Barriers and Opportunities in Two Environmental Justice Communities. New Solut. 2025 Feb; 34(4):256-267.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39445356; PMCID: PMC11791651; DOI: 10.1177/10482911241290557;
     
  8. Khalili R, Legaspi JM, Fabian MP, Levy JI, Korrick SA, Vieira VM. Multiple prenatal exposures and acute-care clinical encounters for asthma among children born to mothers living near a Superfund site. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 05; 193(8):1088-1096.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38576180; PMCID: PMC12096289; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae032;
     
  9. Mueller A, Fabian MP, Scammell MK, Navarro-Bowman B, Espinosa Barrera B, Aponte Y, Cares B, Allen K, Bongiovanni R. The role of sensors and community engagement in the mission toward equitable, healthy cities. Environmental Research Letters. 2024; 10(19). View Publication
  10. McIntyre AM, Scammell MK, Botana Martinez MP, Heidari L, Negassa A, Bongiovanni R, Fabian MP. Facilitators and Barriers for Keeping Cool in an Urban Heat Island: Perspectives from Residents of an Environmental Justice Community. Environ Justice. 2023 Dec 01; 16(6):410-417.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38074853; PMCID: PMC10704574; DOI: 10.1089/env.2022.0019;
     
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