Talia Sternbach, PhD, MSc

PhD, McGill University, 2026
MSc, McGill University, 2021
BA, McGill University, 2017

Health impacts of residential flooding in Detroit, MI

Social and built environment modifiers of the relationship between extreme precipitation and cause-specific hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries

Li X, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Zhang X, Sternbach T, Barrington-Leigh C, Brehmer C, Robinson B, Shen G, Zhang Y, Tao S, Carter E. Field measurements of indoor and community air quality in rural Beijing before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown. Indoor Air 32, e13095 (2022).

Li X, Baumgartner J, Barrington-Leigh C, Harper S, Robinson B, Shen G, Sternbach T, Tao S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Carter E. Socioeconomic and Demographic Associations with Wintertime Air Pollution Exposures at Household, Community, and District Scales in Rural Beijing, China. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 8308-8318 (2022).

Sternbach TJ, Harper S, Li X, Zhang X, Carter E, Zhang Y, Shen G, Fan Z, Zhao L, Tao S, Baumgartner J. Effects of indoor and outdoor temperatures on blood pressure and central hemodynamics in a wintertime longitudinal study of Chinese adults. Journal of Hypertension 40 (2022). DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003198. 

Yuan W, Li X, Brehmer C, Sternbach T, Zhang X, Carter E, Zhang Y, Shen G, Tao S, Baumgartner J, Harper S. Effects of Outdoor and Household Air Pollution on Hand Grip Strength in a Longitudinal Study of Rural Beijing Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 22, 1283 (2025).

Li X, Brehmer C, Hirst K, Sternbach T, Yuan W, Zhang X, Barrington-Leigh C, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Robinson B, Shen G, Tao S, Zhang Y, Carter E. Multi-year Evaluation of a Clean Heating Policy on Residents’ Air Pollution Exposures in Beijing, China. Environmental Science & Technology (2025).

Xue K, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Sternbach T, Li X, Shang J, Yuan W, Ma J, Zhang X, Carter E, Robinson B, Zhang Y. Effects of China’s Clean Heating Policy on respiratory symptoms and airway inflammation in adults: a quasi-experimental study in rural Beijing. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2026).

Sternbach T, Li X, Zhang X, Carter E, Robinson B, Barrington-Leigh C, Shen G, Yuan W, Brehmer C, Xue K, Hirst K, Tao S, Zhang Y, Harper S, Baumgartner J. China’s Clean Heating Policy and Effects on Blood Pressure in Rural Beijing Adults. Environmental Health Perspectives (2026).