Dr. Lindsay Tallon

Dr. Lindsay Tallon is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences where she teaches and conducts research with students on environmental and social determinants of health, climate change, emergency preparedness, and water quality.

Before coming to MCPHS she worked at the MA Department of Public Health as an epidemiologist in the Medical Marijuana program and as a planner in the Emergency Preparedness Bureau where she led statewide volunteer programs and coordinated emergency services during disasters.

Prior to that she worked as a Research Associate developing trainings and conducting applied research in emergency preparedness and environmental virology at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina. She received her PhD in Population Health from Northeastern where her dissertation focused on the impact of complex urban environments on the health of older adults. She also has a Master of Science in Public Health in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.