Katie McMahon

About

Katie McMahon is a UCSB Geography PhD student with research interests at the intersection of climate & environmental change, social vulnerability, human health, and food & water security. She completed her BA in Geography and Global Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is now advised by Kathy Baylis. Katie's current work uses integrated climate and demographic data sources to explore the impacts of extreme heat events on maternal and infant health in South Asia. She is particularly interested in disentangling the multiple mechanisms through which climate shocks influence health, as well as identifying social determinants of nutritional vulnerability to climate change.