DEREK MALLIA
Research Assistant Professor
College of Mines and Earth Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
u0703457@utah.edu
Projects
Surgery in the Pyrocene: Examining the Risk of Wildfire Smoke to Perioperative Patient Populations in the Mountain West
Across the Western U.S., the number of large wildfires has been steadily increasing since the early 1980s leading to degraded air quality. Wildfire smoke is known to worsen cardiopulmonary and neurovascular outcomes, however its impact on surgical pa...
Collaborators
| JOHN PEARSON (Project Owner) | School of Medicine, Anesthesiology |
| DEREK MALLIA | College of Mines and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences |
| Neng Wan | College of Social and Behavioral Science, Geography |
Status: Funded 2023