Stories about Hyunok Choi

ENTECH 6L Silonite Canisters equipped with timers and probes are being used to monitor ambient air quality in Allentown, Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

Lehigh Professors and Students Conduct Research on Air Pollutants Impact

The team has been conducting ambient air quality monitoring in Allentown, Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

Hyunok Choi and Breena Holland

Hyunok Choi, Breena Holland Study Impact of Air Pollutants on Public

The Lehigh researchers, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, are measuring concentrations of Ethylene Oxide and other volatile organic compounds in the air in a Pennsylvania city that has among the highest cancer risks in the nation.

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Studying the Impact of Air Pollutants in the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh researchers, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will investigate exposure to ethylene oxide and other air toxics.

Oil Refinery along Texas Gulf Coast 

Researchers: Air Pollutant is Likely Contributor to Most Severe Asthma Species
For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion.
smog over traffic

COVID-19: The Impact of Air Pollution

A Q&A with epidemiologist and College of Health faculty member Hyunok Choi.

Photograph of smoke stacks in city with polluted air

Examining the Connection between Air Pollution and Asthma

Epidemiologist Hyunok Choi focuses on the long-term impacts of prenatal exposure to air pollution.

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Hyunok Choi Welcomed to the College of Health

An innovative epidemiologist, Choi examines the environmental origins of asthma.