Expertise
Sustainable housing, environmental and occupational health, community economic development
Research Interests
Healthy homes; environmental justice; environmental asthma interventions; sustainable housing
Education
- Sc.D.: Work Environment Policy/Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Production, (2007), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA
- MS: Community Economic Development, (1999), Southern New Hampshire University - Manchester, NH
- BA: Sociology, (1979), University of Lowell - Lowell, MA
Supporting Area: Political Science
Biosketch
David Turcotte is Research Professor in the Department of Economics and Director of the Lowell Healthy Homes Program and New England Healthy Homes Training Center. He has served as Principal Investigator on several U. S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded environmental intervention research grants in the homes of diverse low-income children and older adults. His current HUD funded research evaluates the effectiveness of portable high efficiency air filtration units in improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma symptoms and healthcare utilization among low-income older adults with asthma. David also serves as Principal Investigator on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded The New England Consortium (TNEC), which focuses on occupational health and safety education. He specializes in community engaged research and outreach that involve diverse populations and stakeholders. David is also a Senior Researcher/Project Director in the Center for Community Research and Engagement, Steering Committee member of the Climate Change Initiative and a faculty member of the Center for Energy Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Selected Publications
K.L. Fisher-Mclean & D.A. Turcotte (2021) Guest editors’ introduction to the special issue on housing and health, Housing and Society, DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2021.2004735
Turcotte et al. (2020). Sustainability of Residential Environmental Interventions and Health Outcomes in the Elderly. Asthma Research and Practice 6:13 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40733-020-00066-6
Turcotte, D. A., Woskie, S., Gore, R., Chaves, E., & Adejumo, K. L. (2019). Asthma, COPD, and home environments: Interventions with older adults. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (122), 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anal.2019.02.026
Turcotte D. A., Chaves E, Gore R, Adejumo KL, Woskie S. The impact of housing type on low-income asthmatic children receiving multifaceted home interventions. Public Health. 2018 Nov; 164:107-114. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.08.004. Epub 2018 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 30266034.
Ramirez Tejeda, K., Turcotte, D. A., Pike, S. (2016). Unsustainable Wind Turbine Blade Disposal Practices in the United States: A Case for Policy Intervention and Technological Innovation. New Solutions: A Journal Of Environmental And Occupational Health Policy: NS.
Alvarez-Chavez, C. R., Flores-Bernal, J. L., Esquer-Peralta, J., Munguia-Vega, N. E., Corella-Madueno, M. A. G., Rascon-Careaga, A., Turcotte, D. A., Velazquez-Contreras, L. E. (2016). Detection of allergen sources in the homes of sensitized children. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine(6), 531.
Johnson, M.P., Keisler, J., Solak, S., Turcotte, D. A., Bayram, A. and Drew, R. B. (2016). Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Turcotte, D.A., Johnson, M. P., Vidrine, E. Drew, R., & Sullivan, F. (2015). Reconstructing Neighborhoods: Case Studies in Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment by Community Development Corporations in Massachusetts, Housing and Society. DOI: 22(2), 201-218.
Turcotte, D. A., Alker, H., Vidrine, E., Gore, R., & Woskie, S. (2014). Healthy Homes: In-Home Environmental Asthma Intervention in a Diverse Urban Community. American Journal of Public Health 104 (4), 665-671.
Keisler, J., Turcotte, D.A., Drew, R.B. and M.P. Johnson. (2014) “Values Structuring and Strategy Design for Housing and Community Development”, EURO Journal on Decision Processes. 2 (3-4), 221-256.
Carswell, A., Yust, B., & Turcotte, D .A. (2013). A Content Review and Impact Analysis of Housing and Society Through 40 Years. Housing and Society 40 (232-245), 87-117.
Turcotte, D. A. 2012. “Green Building”, Chapter in (A. Carswell, Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Housing, 2nd Edition, 250-255.
Johnson, M.P., Bogardus Drew, R., Keisler, J., Turcotte, D.A. (2012) What is a Strategic Acquisition? Decision Modeling in Support of Foreclosed Housing Redevelopment, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 46, 194-204.
Turcotte, D.A. (2011) Contributor in RA, Etzel, (Ed), Pediatrics Environmental Health. 3rd ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Turcotte, D. & Geiser, K. 2010. A Framework to Guide Sustainable Housing Development.Housing and Society 37(2), 87-117.
Johnson, M.P., Turcotte, D. and F.M. Sullivan. 2010. What Foreclosed Homes Should a Municipality Purchase to Stabilize Vulnerable Neighborhoods? Networks and Spatial Economics 10(3): 363 – 388.
Turcotte, D., Forrant, R., Fraser, J., & Shuwen, L. 2009. Foreclosures Cast Long Shadow Across Northeast Region. MassBenchmarks. 11(1), 19-26.
Silka, L., Toof, R., Turcotte, D., Villareal, J., Buxbaum, L., & Renault-Caragianes, P. 2008. Community-University Partnerships: Achieving the Promise in the Face of Changing Goals, Changing Funding Patterns, and Competing Priorities. New Solutions, 18(2), 161-175.
Silka, L., Forrant, R., Bond, B., Coffey, Toof, R., Toomey, D., Turcotte, D., & West, C. 2008. Achieving Continuity in the Face of Change in Community-University Partnerships. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, Vol 1, 128-149.
Turcotte, D. & Silka, L. 2007. Reflections on the Concept of Social Capital. Chapter in L. Pho, J. Gerson, S. Cowan (Eds) , Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants in the Mill City: Changing Families, Communities, Institutions –Thirty Years Afterwards. Hanover: The University Press of New England.
Turcotte, D. 2007. Developing Sustainable Housing: Moving Beyond Green. Progressive Planning 172, 34-37.
Turcotte, D.& Silka, L. 2007. Social Capital in Refugee and Immigrant Communities. Chapter in J. Jennings (Ed), Race, Neighborhoods, and the Misuse of Social Capital. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Turcotte, D. 2006. Sustainable Development: A Better Holistic View. New Solutions, 16 (4), 398-401.
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
2U45ES006172-31 (Principal Investigator) 06/1/22-05/31/2
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,549,451
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,549,451
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York.
2U45ES006172-30 (Principal Investigator) 06/1/21-05/31/22
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,325,843
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,325,843
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York.
2U45ES006172-29 (Principal Investigator) 08/1/20-05/31/21
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,768,847
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York and provide health, safety, and recovery training for COVID-19 essential workers and their communities.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $1,768,847
Hazardous Materials Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program
The major goal of this project is to provide health and safety training to workers throughout New England and New York and provide health, safety, and recovery training for COVID-19 essential workers and their communities.
MAHHU0048-19. (Principal Investigator) 01/02/2020-01/01/2023
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $999,999
Improving Health and Indoor Air Quality for Older Adults with Asthma
The major goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of portable high efficiency air filtration units in improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma symptoms and healthcare utilization among older adults with asthma living in public or other federally assisted housing. The research will be conducted in units with gas stoves, which are known to emit contaminants that can trigger asthma.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $999,999
Improving Health and Indoor Air Quality for Older Adults with Asthma
The major goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of portable high efficiency air filtration units in improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma symptoms and healthcare utilization among older adults with asthma living in public or other federally assisted housing. The research will be conducted in units with gas stoves, which are known to emit contaminants that can trigger asthma.
INTF3056H78500224070 (Co-Principal Investigator with E. Marshall) 04/23/2019-11/30/2022
Massachusetts Department of Public Health $514,512
Reducing Older Adult Asthma Disparities Extension (ROAAD-X) study
The major goal of this project is to provide further evidence as to whether an innovative Community Health Worker-led multi-trigger, multi-component asthma home-visiting intervention with strong clinical-community linkages, has the potential to improve asthma control and healthcare utilization for older adults with asthma.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health $514,512
Reducing Older Adult Asthma Disparities Extension (ROAAD-X) study
The major goal of this project is to provide further evidence as to whether an innovative Community Health Worker-led multi-trigger, multi-component asthma home-visiting intervention with strong clinical-community linkages, has the potential to improve asthma control and healthcare utilization for older adults with asthma.
Principal Investigator (with Co-PI, S. Woskie), U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant: Assessing the Sustainability of Home-Based Health and Environmental Interventions for Children and Older Adults with Asthma, (Awarded 2016, 3 years, $700,000)
Principal Investigator, Lowell General Hospital, 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment, (Awarded 2016, 1 year, $30,000)
Co-Principal Investigator (with Erica Marshall), Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Reducing Older Adult Asthma Disparities (ROADD), (Awarded 2015, 3, year, $875,000)
Principal Investigator, Greater Lowell Health Alliance, Cancer Disparities Needs Assessment, (Awarded 2015, 1, year, 4 months, $35,000)
Principal Investigator, Greater Lowell Health Alliance, Healthy Homes for Child Care Project, (Awarded 2014, 1 year, $20,000)
Principal Investigator (with Co-PI, S. Woskie), U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant: Healthy Homes for Elders: Multi-Trigger, Multi-Component Environmental Interventions for Asthma (Awarded 2013, 3 years, $749,999)
Principal Investigator, City of Lowell, Lowell Lead Paint Program: Lowell Risk Assessment/Evaluation Program (Awarded 2013, 3 years, $215,000)
Principal Investigator, Lowell General Hospital, Raising Public Awareness to Improve the Quality of Life for Residents Affected by Asthma (Awarded 2013, 1 year, $15,000)
Principal Investigator, Lowell General Hospital, Greater Lowell Health Alliance Needs Assessment, (Awarded 2013, 1 year, $20,000)
Principal Investigator, Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, Rebirth of the Lowell Asthma Coalition: Improving the Quality of Life for Residents Affected by Asthma (Awarded 2012. 1 year, $25,000)
Co-Principal Investigator, (with C. Niezrecki, E. Reynaud, D. Schmidt, J. Sherwood) National Science Foundation, SEP: Collaborative: Achieving a Sustainable Energy Pathway for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing (Awarded 2012, 4 years, $1,524,231)
Principal Investigator, Harvard School of Public Health, Green Housing Study (Awarded 2012, 3 years, $30,000)
Principal Investigator, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing Grant Program for Improving Children’s Health: Effective Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing (Awarded 2011, 3 years, $424,986)
Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Clean Energy Career Workgroup and Roundtable (Awarded 2011, 1 year $10,000)
Co-Principal Investigator, (with C. Niezrecki, P. Avitabile, J. Sherwood, D. Willis,) University of Massachusetts, President’s Office, Wind and Clean Energy Initiative to Build Collaboration and Cluster Competitiveness (Awarded 2010, 1 year, $110,000)
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Proposal: Decision Models for Foreclosure Acquisition and Redevelopment (Awarded 2010, 2 years, $111,048)
Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Clean Energy Career Workgroup and Roundtable (Awarded 2010, 1 year $10,000)
Principal Investigator, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Demonstration Program Grant for Healthy Homes for All: Improving Children’s Health In Diverse Communities (Awarded 2009, 3 years, $874,940)