Balaji Ramesh

Balaji Ramesh is an environmental epidemiologist whose research looks at how environmental exposures such as extreme heat, air pollution, and green space affect health. His postdoctoral work at Tulane University has focused on morbidity and mortality from floods, tropical cyclones, and heat. He was a Scholarly Retreat resident at A Studio in the Woods in 2027, where he planned to work on a manuscript about heat, humidity, and hospitalizations in Louisiana and the buffering role of residential green space.