Publications

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Journal Articles

In Review

Clougherty JE, Hahn MB, Beyer K, Hood DB, Malone M, Reilly AC, Roberts-Semple D, Schmidt RJ, Thakur N, and JI Levy (In review). Ethical and scientific consequences of abrupt terminations of federal grants for community-engaged environmental health research.

Hahn MB, Stull V, Grabow M, and V Limaye (In review). A strategy for climate-ready reproductive health and family care.

Richards CA, Waston J, DeMichelle K, Wilber M, Ferguson G, Waigl C, Kapourchali MH, Deghanian P, and M Hahn (In review). “It Takes Two to Tango”: A qualitative study of cross-sectoral collaboration at the community-wildfire-energy interface in Alaska.

Feng Y, Hu C, Rowe C, Carrasco EM, Burgess, EM, Liu R, Sood A, Feng C, Zhu Y, Yu X, Jaffar Z, Hahn MB, McHenry K, Meek P, Lan Q, Rothman N, Su W, Gong X, and S Leng (In review). Household wood-burning, macrophage carbon load, and effect biomarkers: A multi-site pilot panel study.

Cortes Espinosa M, Reed A, Errett N, Vertigan T, Fresco N, DeLue M, Busch Isaksen T, Hahn M, and the JUSTICE-HIA Project Team (In review). Co-created storytelling for wildfire smoke exposure reduction in Alaska.

Merrick C, Sinyon D, Lincoln L, Khan MO, Donatuto J, Vertigan TV, Errett NA, Busch Isaksen T, Fresco N, and MB Hahn (In review). Developing community-defined indicators of Indigenous health: Practical guidance from the Ahtna approach to wildfire resilience.

Parry EM, MB Hahn, M Wills, and A Bersamin (In review). The measurement of food security among Indigenous populations: A scoping review.

Published

Cortes Espinosa M, Hahn M, Reed A, Hartwell C, Errett NA, and T Busch Isaksen (In press). Building community-based low-cost air monitoring for wildfire smoke resilience: An implementation science evaluation in rural Alaska.
Hahn MB, Athauda N, Bradley M, Dong Z, Mao J, and L Mickley (2025). Advancing new metrics for wildfire smoke exposure: Case study in Alaska to bridge public health, climate adaptation, and fire management. Environmental Research Letters. 20(8): 084073. | Supplemental Material. | 1-page Research Brief!
Smith ML, Vertigan T, Athauda, and MB Hahn (2024). Social and geographical disparities in adverse birth outcomes in Alaska: A retrospective cohort study. BMJ Public Health. 3: e001457. | 1-page Research Brief!
Van Doren, TP, Brown RA, Chi G…Hahn MB…JE Powell (2024). Beyond COVID: Towards a transdisciplinary synthesis for understanding responses and developing pandemic preparedness in Alaska. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 83(1).
Yang H, Gould CA, Jones R, St. Juliana A, Sarofim M, Rissing M, and M Hahn (2024). By-degree health and economic impacts of Lyme disease, Eastern and Midwestern United States. EcoHealth. 21: 56-70.
Hahn MB, Michlig GJ, Hansen A, Manning L, and J Augustinavicius (2023). Mental health during wildfires in Southcentral Alaska: An assessment of community-derived mental health categories, interventions, and implementation considerations. PLOS Climate. 2(10): e0000300.
Eichelberger L, Fried RL, Cochran P, and M Hahn (2023) “In the beginning, I said I wouldn’t get it.”: In-depth qualitative interviews to understand vaccine hesitancy, acceptance, and decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and July 2021. Social Science and Medicine. 334: 116197.
Eichelberger L, Hansen A, Fried RL, Cochran P, and M Hahn (2023). COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 82(1): 2242582.
Hahn MB, Hojgaard A, Disler G, George W, Droghini A, Schlaht R, Durden LA, Coburn S, Gerlach R, and RJ Eisen (2023). Ticks and tick-borne microbes identified through passive and active surveillance in Alaska. Journal of Medical Entomology. 60(5): 1009-1107.
Hahn MB, Kuiper G, and S Magzamen (2023). Association of temperature thresholds with heat illness- and cardiorespiratory-related emergency visits in summer months in Alaska. Environmental Health Perspectives. 131(5): 057009.
Fried RL, Hahn MB, Cochran P, and LP Eichelberger (2023). “Remoteness was a blessing, but also a potential downfall”: Traditional/Subsistence and store-bought food access in remote Alaska during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Nutrition. 1-9.
Grabow ML, Stull VJ, Limaye VS, and MB Hahn. (2023). A blueprint for strengthening climate and health literacy through professional adaptability. Frontiers in Public Health. 11: 1112944.
Fried RL, Hahn M, Gillott L, Cochran P, and L Eichelberger (2022) Coping strategies and household stress/violence in remote Alaska: a longitudinal view across the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 81(1): 2149064.
Disler G, Schlat R, and MB Hahn (2022) Perspective and prevalence regarding ticks and tickborne disease in Alaska. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 261(1): 1-8.
Peterson J, Howell B, and MB Hahn (2022). Utilizing the “One Health” model to study human aging in urban environments. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. 8: 1-9.
Eichelberger LP, Fried RL,Cochran P, Howe T, and MB Hahn (2022). Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic as a lived experience of both syndemic vulnerabilities and community strengths: Community leader and provider descriptions of the pandemic in remote Alaska. Alaska Journal of Anthropology. 20(1-2).
Witmer F and Hahn MB (2022). Modeling geographic uncertainty in suitable habitat for current and future populations of Ixodes pacificus in Alaska. Journal of Medical Entomology. 59(3): 976-986.
Hahn MB, Fried RL, Cochran P, and LP Eichelberger (2022). Evolving perceptions of COVID-19 vaccines among remote Alaskan communities. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 81(1): 2021684.
Butke D, Wild M, Monello R, Hahn M, and K Jackson (2021). Managing wildlife disease under climate change. EcoHealth. 1-5.
Hahn MB, Feirer S, Monaghan AJ, Lane RS, Eisen RJ, Padgett KA, and M Kelly (2021). Modeling future climate suitability for the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California with an emphasis on land access and ownership. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 12(5): 101789.
Hahn MB, Kuiper G, O’Dell K, Fischer EV, and S Magzamen (2021). Wildfire smoke is associated with an increased risk of cardiorespiratory emergency room visits in Alaska. GeoHealth. 5(5): e2020GH000349.
Hahn MB, Van Wyck R, Lessard L, and R Fried (2021). Compounding effects of social vulnerability and recurring natural disasters on mental and physical health. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 16(3): 1013-1021.
Eichelberger L, Dev S, Howe T, Barnes DL, Bortz E, Briggs BR, Cochran P, Doston A, Drown DM, Hahn MB, Mattos K, and S Aggarwal (2021). Implications of Inadequate Water and Sanitation Infrastructure for Community Spread of COVID-19 in Remote Alaskan Communities. Science of the Total Environment. 776: 145842.
Bhatt US, Lader RT, Bieniek PA, Walsh JE, Thoman R, Merman M, Borries-Strigle C, Bulock K, Chriest J, Hahn M, Hendricks A, Jain P, Jandt R, Little J, Moore C, Rupp TS, Schmidt J, Stevens E Strader H, York A, and R Ziel (2021). Emerging anthropogenic influences on the Southcentral Alaska temperature and precipitation extremes and related fires in 2019. Land. 10 (1): 82.
Hahn MB, Van Wyck R, Seater, M, and A Marvin (2020). Evaluating the impact of an experiential learning curriculum on youth developmental assets and social relations within alternative high schools. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 1-15.
Hahn MB, Kemp C, Ward-Waller C, Donovan S, Schmidt JI, and S Bauer (2020). Collaborative climate mitigation and adaptation planning with university, community, and municipal partners: A case study in Anchorage Alaska. Local Environment. 25(9): 648-665.
Hahn M, Disler G, Durden L, Coburn S, Witmer F, George W, Beckmen K, and R Gerlach (2020). Establishing a baseline for tick surveillance in Alaska: Tick collection records from 1909-2019. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11(5): 101495.
Eisen RJ, Feirer S, Monaghan A, Padgett K, Hahn MB, Monaghan A, Kramer VL, Lane RS, and M Kelly (2018). Modeling climate suitability of the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) in California. Journal of Medical Entomology. 55(5): 1133-1142.
Hahn MB, Bjork JK, Neitzel DF, Dorr FM, Whitemarsh T, Boegler KA, Graham CB, Johnson TL, Maes SE, and RJ Eisen (2018). Evaluating acarological risk for exposure to Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens in recreational and residential settings in Washington County, Minnesota. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 9(2): 340-348.
Johnson TL, Haque U, Monaghan AJ, Eisen L, Hahn MB, Hayden MH, Savage HM, McAllister J, Mutebi JP, and RJ Eisen (2017). Modeling the environmental suitability for Aedes (Stegomyia) aegpti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(6): 1605-1614.
Hahn MB, Eisen L, McAllister J, Savage HM, Mutebi JP, and RJ Eisen (2017). Updated reported distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) ageypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus in the United States, 1995-2016. Journal of Medical Entomology. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(5): 1420-1424.
Hahn MB, Jarnevich CS, Monaghan AJ, RJ Eisen (2017). Response: The geographic distribution of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) revisited: The importance of assumptions about error balance. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(5): 1104-1106.
Kilpatrick AM, Salkeld DJ, Titcomb G, and M Hahn (2017). Conservation of biodiversity as a strategy for improving human health and well-being. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 372: 20160131.
Hahn MB, Eisen RJ, Eisen L, Boegler, KA, Moore CG, McAllister J, Savage HM, and JP Mutebi (2016). Reported distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) ageypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus in the United States, 1995-2016. Journal of Medical Entomology. 53(5): 1169-1175.
Hahn MB, Jarnevich CS, Monaghan AJ, and RJ Eisen (2016). Modeling the geographic distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 53(5): 1176-1191.
Zemtsova GE, Apanaskevich DA, Reeves WK, Hahn M, Snellgrove A, and ML Levin (2016). Phylogeography of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and its relationship with climatic factors. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 69(2): 191-203.
Coutts C and Hahn M (2015). Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services, and Human Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 12: 9768-9798.
Hahn MB, Monaghan AJ, Hayden MH, Eisen RJ, Delorey MJ, Lindsey NP, Nasci RS, and M Fischer (2015). Meteorological conditions associated with increased incidence of West Nile virus disease in the United States, 2004-2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 92(5): 1013-1022.
Hahn MB, Olson S, Vittor A, Barcellos C, Patz J, and W Pan (2014). Conservation efforts and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 90(4): 591-594.
Hahn MB, Epstein JH, Gurley ES, Islam MS, Luby SP, Daszak P, and JA Patz (2014). Roosting behavior and habitat selection of Pteropus giganteus reveals potential links to Nipah virus epidemiology. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51: 367-387.
Hahn MB, Gurley ES, Epstein JH, Islam MS, Patz JA, Daszak P, and S Luby (2014). The role of landscape composition and configuration on Pteropus giganteus roosting ecology and Nipah virus spillover risk in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 90(2): 247–255.
Hahn MB, Gangnon RE, Barcellos C, Asner GP, and JA Patz (2014). Influence of deforestation, logging, and fire on malaria in Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE. 9(1): e85725.
Hahn MB, Barrett MA, and P Horwitz (2012). Student Dialogues: EcoHealth Offers a Home to the Interdisciplinary Student. EcoHealth. 9(3): 241-242.
Hahn M, A Reiderer, and S Foster (2009). The Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A Pragmatic Approach to Assessing Risks from Climate Variability and Change. Global Environmental Change. 19: 74-88.

Book Chapters and Contributions

Hahn M (2024). Assessing and responding to mental health impacts of wildfires in Alaska (text box). In Climate Change and Public Health, 2^nd edition; eds. Barry S. Levy and Jonathan A. Patz. Oxford University Press: New York City, NY.
Hahn MB (2021). Climate change and health in Alaska: How do things compare to the Lower 48? In Global Change and Human Health: From science to practice, 2^nd edition; eds. George Luber, Jay Lemery, Kim Knowlton, and Cecilia Sorenson. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA.
Hahn MB (2016). Infectious disease ecology. In Green Infrastructure and Public Health. Ed. Christopher Coutts. Routledge, UK.
Patz JA and Hahn MB (2013). Climate Change and Health: A One Health perspective. In Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology: One Health. Vol. 365. Eds Mackenzie JS, Daszak P, and JA Rict. Online 18 November 2012.

Other Academic Publications

Loyd T (2025). Perspectives on participating in research co-production: Evaluation of the co-production approach of the JUst Solution To Impacts of Climate Exposures for Health in Alaska (JUSTICE-HIA) project (PI: MB Hahn). University of Alaska Anchorage.
DeMichele K (2025), Kapourchali MH, Waigl C, Richards CA, Hahn M, Zhao L, Dehghanian P, and MH Kapourchali. Evaluating Lightning-Caused Wildfire Risk to Alaska’s Power Grid Infrastructure. 2025 IEEE/IAS 61st Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference (I&CPS), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2025, pp. 1-6.
Thoman, R and HR McFarland, editors (2024). Alaska’s changing environment 2.0. Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. (Hahn M, Contributed “New tick species documented in Alaska” section)
Fried R, Eichelberger L, and M Hahn (2022). “COVID-19 in remote Alaskan communities: A longitudinal view of a novel pandemic.” Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Witness the Arctic. March Issue.
Hennessy T, Lessard L, Fried R, Bulkow L, Garcia GM, Miller J, Snyder L, Bogue K, Nix N, Hahn M, and J Meyer (2020). Maintaining COVID-19 suppression measures is hard. But Alaskans Must. Anchorage Daily News, Opinions. March 29.
Hahn MB and A Droghini (2020). Tick monitoring. Alaska Small Mammal Working Group, 2020 Newsletter.
Hahn MB and W George (2019). Tracking ticks in Alaska: Understanding how an invasive species may impact the health of humans and animals in the Arctic. Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Witness the Arctic. 31 July Issue.
Hahn MB (2015). A OneHealth Perspective on Climate Change. In American Society for Microbiology’s Cultures Magazine. 2(4): 30-35.
Hahn MB (2013). Land use and the roosting ecology of Pteropus giganteus reveals links to Nipah virus epidemiology in Bangladesh. OneHealth Newsletter. 6(3): 4-7.

Technical Reports

Bradley M, Hahn M, and B Westley (2026). Seal finger (Mycoplasma phocimorus) after Brown Bear exposure – Alaska, 2024. Alaska Department of Health Epidemiology Bulletin.
Hahn M, Vertigan T, and M. Hahn, eds. (2025). Integrating Ahtna values and community priorities into climate and health assessments in Copper River Region, Alaska. Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Huntington, H.P., C. Strawhacker, J. Falke, E.M. Ward, L. Behnken, T.N. Curry, A.C. Herrmann, C.U. Itchuaqiyaq, J.S. Littell, E.A. Logerwell, D. Meeker, J.R. Overbeck, D.L. Peter, R. Pincus, A.A. Quintyne, S.F. Trainor, and S.A. Yoder, 2023: Ch. 29. Alaska. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. (Hahn M, Review Editor)
Hahn MB (2023). Ticks as a potential public health concern in Alaska – 2010—2022. Alaska Department of Health, Epidemiological Bulletin. 23(3).
Hahn M, Hodges-Snyder E, and L Lessard (2020). Regional comparisons of non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19. Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage.
UAA Division of Population Health Sciences (2020). Editors: Hahn M, Fried R, and L Lessard. Assessment of two COVID-19 models to guide community intervention policies in Anchorage and Alaska. Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the State of Alaska.
Hahn, MB, Kilcoyne S, Kemp C et al. (2019). Anchorage Climate Action Plan. Municipality of Anchorage.
Wong TJ, Schramm PJ, Foster E, Hahn MB, Schafrick NH, Conlon KC, and L Cameron (2017). The effectiveness and implementation of 4-poster deer self-treatment devices for tick-borne disease prevention. Climate and Health Technical Report Series. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Climate and Health Program.
US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) (2016). Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. Crimmins A, Balbus J, Gamble J, Beard CB, Bell JE, Dodgen D, Eisen RJ, Fann N, Hawkins MD, Herring SC, Jantarasami L, Mills DM, Saha S, Sarofim MC, Trtanj J, and L Ziska, Eds. Contributing Author, Climate and Vector-borne Diseases Chapter.
Grabow ML, Hahn M, Whited M (2010). Valuing Bicycling’s Economic and Health Impacts in Wisconsin. White Paper commissioned by Wisconsin Representative Spencer Black.

Data Tools + Science Communication Products

Alaska Wildfire Explorer (2025). University of Alaska Fairbank SNAP. PI of project that updated this web tool with real-time information on smoke plumes and air quality and forecast air quality. uaf-snap.org/project/epa-star-wfe/
Cortes Espinosa, M, Busch Isaksen T, Reed A, Bradley M, DeLue M, Errett N, Fresco N, Khan M, Vertigan T, JUSTICE-HIA Project Team, and M Hahn. Alaska Wildfire Explorer Tool: Smoke Preparedness Stories (2025). Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Northern Climate Reports (2025). University of Alaska Fairbank SNAP. PI of project that updated this web tool with health and demographic information to support climate and health adaptation planning. uaf-snap.org/project/epa-star-ncr/
Vertigan T, Reed A, Khan M, Bradley M, DeLue M, Fresco N, Busch Isaksen T, Errett N, JUSTICE-HIA Project Team, and M. Hahn (2025). Northern Climate Reports User Guide: Sample scenarios for climate and health. Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Micah Hahn

An environmental epidemiologist studying how climate and environmental change impact human health.

Journal Articles

Book Chapters and Contributions

Other Academic Publications

Technical Reports

Data Tools + Science Communication Products