Assistant Professor

Director of Legal and Public Health Preparedness, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions
Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2023-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, UNMC
• 2022-Present, Faculty Fellow, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, University of Nebraska
• 2022-Present, Director of Public Health Policy, Water, Climate, and Health Program, UNMC
• 2018-Present, Director of Legal and Public Health Preparedness, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions, UNMC
• 2022-2023, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNMC
• 2019-2022, Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, UNMC

Education

• 2012, JD, American University Washington College of Law
• 2006, BA, Baylor University

Research Interests

• Public Health Law
• Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Health Impacts of Climate Change
• Drought and Extreme Climate Events
• Crisis Standards of Care and Medical Surge
• Isolation and Quarantine

Selected Publications

• Bell, J.E., R.E. Lookadoo, K. Hansen, A. Sheffield, M. Woloszyn, S. Reeves & B. Parker. Drought and Public Health: A Roadmap for Advancing Engagement and Preparedness, National Integrated Drought Information System. (2023).
• Lookadoo, R., Bell, J.E., Byron, R., and Patz, J. (2022). Focus on the Midwest. In Lancet Countdown, 2022: 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the United States of America. Beyeler NS, DeJarnett NK, Lester PK, Hess JJ, Salas RN. Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief, London, United Kingdom.
• Bai H, Schwedhelm M, Lowe J-M, Lookadoo RE, Anderson DR, Lowe AE, Lawler JV, Broadhurst MJ and Brett-Major DM (2022) Access, Socioeconomic Environment, and Death from COVID-19 in Nebraska. Front. Public Health 10:1001639. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1001639
• Lowe, A. E., Garzon, H., Lookadoo, R. E., Lawler, J. V., Duncan, D., Schwedhelm, S., & Devereaux, A. V. (2022). Avoiding Crisis Conditions in the Healthcare Infrastructure: 2 Case Studies in Statewide Collaboration. Health security.
• Dineen, K. K., Lowe, A., Kass, N. E., Lee, L. M., Wynia, M. K., Voo, T. C., ... & Sederstrom, N.O. (2022). Treating Workers as Essential Too: An Ethical Framework for Public Health Interventions to Prevent and Control COVID-19 Infections among Meat-processing Facility Workers and Their Communities in the United States. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 1-14.
• Jalalzadeh Fard, B., Mahmood, R., Hayes, M., Rowe, C., Abadi, A. M., Shulski, M., et al. (2021). Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based on Different Urbanization Levels in Nebraska, USA. GeoHealth, 5, e2021GH000478. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000478
• Lowe AE, Dineen KK, Herstein JJ, Wynia MK, Santarpia JL, Lee LM, Ferdinand AO, Donovan SK, Voo TC, Brett-Major DM, Lookadoo RE, and Mohapatra S. Emerging Science, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guidance, and Resource Scarcity: Inaction and Inequity for Workers in Essential Industries. Health Security. 2021;19(5).
• Bell, J.E, Lookadoo, R., Wheeler, S., and Dethlefs, C. (2020). Case Study – The 2019 Floods in the Central U.S. Lessons for Improving Health, Health Equity, and Resiliency. In Lancet Countdown, 2020: 2020 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the United States of America. Salas RN, Lester PK, Hess JJ. Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief, London, United Kingdom.
• Lookadoo, R. E., & Bell, J. E. (2020). Public Health Policy Actions to Address Health Issues Associated with Drought in a Changing Climate. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 48(4), 653-663.
• Brett-Major, D. M., Schnaubelt, E. R., Creager, H. M., Lowe, A., Cieslak, T. J., Dahlke, J. M., ... & Broadhurst, M. J. (2020). Advanced preparation makes research in emergencies and isolation care possible: the case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102(5), 926.

Professional Affiliations

• American Geophysical Union
• American Public Health Association
• Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals