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Rachel Lookadoo, JD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Director, Public Health Policy, Water, Climate and Health Program
Deputy Director, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions (CPERS)

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Rachel Lookadoo, JD, holds several roles at UNMC, which she joined in 2018. She is director of public health policy for the Water, Climate and Health Program in the UNMC College of Public Health.

She also serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health.

Lookadoo is deputy director of the UNMC Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions, where she also serves as director of legal and public health preparedness.

Education

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

Research interests

Public Health Law
Public Health and Healthcare Preparedness
Health Impacts of Climate, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change
Isolation & Quarantine

Selected Publications

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.
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).

Professional Affiliations

Faculty Fellow, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute