selected publications academic article Hillin, J., Canada, A., Fawkes, L. S., Thompson, C. M., & Sansom, G. (2024). Spatial Investigation of Legacy Pollutants within a Confirmed Cancer Cluster in Three Houston, TX Neighborhoods. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 235(6), 370. Sansom, G. T., Fawkes, L. S., Thompson, C. M., Losa, L. M., McDonald, T. J., & Chiu, W. A. (2023). Cancer risk associated with soil distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons within three environmental justice neighborhoods in Houston, Texas. Environmental Geochemistry and Health: official journal of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 45(2), 333-342. Prybutok, S., Newman, G., Atoba, K., Sansom, G., & Tao, Z. (2021). Combining Co$ting Nature and Suitability Modeling to Identify High Flood Risk Areas in Need of Nature-Based Services. Land. 10(8), 853-853. Sansom, G. T., Aarvig, K., Sansom, L., Thompson, C., Fawkes, L., & Katare, A. (2021). Understanding Risk Communication and Willingness to Follow Emergency Recommendations Following Anthropogenic Disasters. 14(2), 159-167. Sansom, G., & Hannibal, B. (2021). Disparate access to nutritional food; place, race and equity in the United States. BMC Nutrition. 7(1), 29. Fawkes, L., & Sansom, G. (2021). Preliminary Study of Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water in Public Parks-An Assessment of Equity and Exposure Risks in Two Texas Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(12), 6443-6443. Sansom, G. T., Kirsch, K. R., Casillas, G. A., Camargo, K., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Baker, E. S., & Horney, J. A. (2021). Spatial Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contaminants after Hurricane Harvey in a Houston Neighborhood. Journal of Health and Pollution. 11(29), 210308. Woodruff, S., Bowman, A., Hannibal, B., Sansom, G., & Portney, K. (2021). Urban resilience: Analyzing the policies of U.S. cities. Cities. 115, 103239-103239. Sarnosky, K., Benden, M., Cizmas, L., Regan, A., & Sansom, G. (2021). Remote Work and the Environment: Exploratory Analysis of Indoor Air Quality of Commercial Offices and the Home Office. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis. 9(2), 40-40. Horney, J., Kirsch, K., Sansom, G., & Newman, G. (2020). Implementing Community Engaged Disaster Research in Response to Disasters. 2020(1), Newman, G., Shi, T., Yao, Z., Li, D., Sansom, G., Kirsch, K., Casillas, G., & Horney, J. (2020). Citizen Science-Informed Community Master Planning: Land Use and Built Environment Changes to Increase Flood Resilience and Decrease Contaminant Exposure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(2), 486-486. Sansom, G. T., Kirsch, K., & Horney, J. A. (2020). Using the 12-item short form health survey (SF-12) to assess self rated health of an engaged population impacted by hurricane Harvey, Houston, TX. BMC Public Health. 20(1), 257. Sansom, G., Cizmas, L., Aarvig, K., Dixon, B., Kirsch, K. R., Katare, A., & Sansom, L. (2019). Vulnerable Populations Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water within Houston Ship Channel Communities. 16(15), 2745-2745. Sansom, G., Berke, P., McDonald, T., Shipp, E., & Horney, J. A. (2019). Evaluating the Impact of Race and Gender on Environmental Risk Perceptions in the Houston Neighborhood of Manchester. Environmental Justice. 12(3), 92-98. Masterson, J., Meyer, M., Ghariabeh, N., Hendricks, M., Lee, R. J., Musharrat, S., ... Zandt, S. V. (2019). Interdisciplinary Citizen Science and Design Projects for Hazard and Disaster Education. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 37(1), 6-24. Meyer, M., Hendricks, M., Newman, G., Horney, J., Berke, P., Masterson, J., ... Cooper, J. (2018). Participatory Action Research: Tools for Disaster Resilience Education. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. 9(4-5), 402-419. Sansom, G. T., Kirsch, K. R., Stone, K. W., McDonald, T. J., & Horney, J. A. (2018). Domestic Exposures to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Houston, Texas, Environmental Justice Neighborhood. Environmental Justice. 11(5), 183-191. Portney, K. E., Vedlitz, A., Sansom, G., Berke, P., & Daher, B. T. (2017). Governance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: the Conceptual and Methodological Foundations for the San Antonio Region Case Study. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports. 4(3), 160-167. Sansom, G., Parras, J., Parras, A., Nieto, Y., Arellano, Y., Berke, P., ... Horney, J. A. (2017). The Impacts of Exposure to Environmental Risk on Physical and Mental Health in a Small Geographic Community in Houston, TX. 42(4), 813-818. Portney, K. E., & Sansom, G. T. (2017). Sustainable Cities and Healthy Cities: Are They the Same?. Urban Planning. 2(3), 45-55. Sansom, G., Berke, P., McDonald, T., Shipp, E., & Horney, J. (2016). Confirming the Environmental Concerns of Community Members Utilizing Participatory-Based Research in the Houston Neighborhood of Manchester. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(9), 839-839. chapter Kirsch, K. R., Horney, J. A., Sansom, G. T., & Newman, G. D. (2020). Breaking down the walls: challenges and lessons learned in interdisciplinary research. Zandt, S. V., Masterson, J. H., Newman, G. D., & Meyer, M. A. (Eds.), Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change. (pp. 75-86). Elsevier. Sansom, G., & Portney, K. E. (2019). Sustainable Cities, Policies and Healthy Cities. Integrating Human Health into Urban and Transport Planning. (pp. 31-49). Springer Nature. Horney, J. A., & Sansom, G. (2019). Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Disaster Resilience. (pp. 179-186). Taylor & Francis. institutional repository document Sarnosky, K., Benden, M., Cizmas, L., Regan, A., & Sansom, G. (2021). Remote Work and the Environment: Exploratory Analysis of Indoor Air Quality of Commercial Offices and the Home Office
co-principal investigator on Reducing the Human Impacts of Flash Floods: Development of Microdata and Causal Model to Inform Mitigation and Preparedness awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2022
teaching activities GEOG430 Environmental Justice Instructor PHEO685 Directed Studies Instructor PHEO686 Directed Research Instructor PHEO691 Research Instructor PHEO791 Doctoral Capstone Instructor PHLT307 Public Hlth In Global Context Instructor PHLT314 Pub Hlth Data Mgt Assmnt I Instructor PHLT485 Directed Studies Instructor PHLT485 Directed Studies: Deu Instructor SOPH601 Think Popl Publ Hlth Mindset Instructor SOPH602 Inv & Cntrl Acute Publ Hlth Ev Instructor SOPH603 Assess & Interv Wicked Prob Instructor SOPH604 Framg & Persus Pub Hlth Pub Sp Instructor SOPH680 Public Health Capstone Instructor
education and training Dr.P.H. in Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2016 M.P.H. in Epidemiology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2012 B.A. in Philosophy (Cum Laude), St. Edward's University - (Austin, Texas, United States) 2006
mailing address Texas A&M Health Science Center Environmental and Occupational Health 3137 TAMUS College Station, TX 77843-3137 USA