Ruthie Burrows, Ph.D., is a population-environment researcher with interdisciplinary experience in geography, demography, and epidemiology. At Project Drawdown, her work focuses on developing methods to integrate demographic data into climate solutions analyses.
Ruthie earned her Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota, where she was also a Population Studies Trainee in the Minnesota Population Center. Her dissertation research examined the role of social and natural environmental contexts on child health outcomes in Senegal. Previously, she worked at the Center for a Livable Future, contributing to research on local food systems in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruthie holds master’s degrees in Epidemiology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from Johns Hopkins University.
Ruthie enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, and going for hikes with her dog, Sunny.