Pablo A Méndez-Lázaro

Biographic Data

ID1572261
NAMEPablo A Méndez-Lázaro
GIVEN NAMESPablo A
FAMILY NAMEMéndez-Lázaro
SIGNATUREMÉNDEZ-LÁZARO P A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Heat vulnerability in the City of Ponce, Puerto Rico

    Open AccessLaura T Cabrera-Rivera, Frank E Muller-Karger et al.ARTICLEUrban Climate2026

    This study assessed heat vulnerability in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, by integrating satellite-derived land surface temperature (LST) data with demographic and socioeconomic indicators. Spatial analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and multivariate regression were applied to develop a Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) that maps heat risk across urban neighborhoods. Environmental variables, LST, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDV…

  • Mortality risk and burden associated with non-optimum temperatures in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessFátima Díaz-Collado, Francisco Díaz-Collado et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2025

    The effects of a changing climate are already evident in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) like Puerto Rico, where heat episodes have become more frequent. Despite reports of increasing heat-related death rates, robust epidemiological evidence on the health impacts of high temperatures, as well as the effects of low temperatures, remains scarce, particularly outside of urban settlements in Caribbean SIDS. In this study, we conducted…

  • Heat Risk Perception and Vulnerability in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessBrenda Guzman-Colon, Zack Guido et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Extreme heat poses growing health risks in tropical regions, yet public perception of this threat remains understudied in the Caribbean. This study examines how residents in Puerto Rico perceived heat-related health risks and how these perceptions relate to vulnerability and protective behaviors during the extreme heat events of the summer of 2020. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of 500 adults across metropolitan and non-metropoli…

  • Environmental Stressors Suffered by Women with Gynecological Cancers in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessPablo A Méndez-Lázaro, Pablo Méndez‐lázaro et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    These findings are relevant to cancer patients, decision-makers, and health providers facing extreme events and disasters in the Caribbean. Identifying environmental secondary stressors and the most relevant cascading effects is useful for decision-makers so that they may address and mitigate the effects of hurricanes on public health and cancer care

  • Trends in total rainfall, heavy rain events, and number of dry days in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1955-2009

    Open AccessPablo A Méndez-Lázaro, Pablo Méndez‐lázaro et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014

    Méndez-Lázaro, P. A., A. Nieves-Santiango, and J. Miranda-Bermúdez. 2014. Trends in total rainfall, heavy rain events, and number of dry days in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1955-2009. Ecology and Society 19(2): 50. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06464-190250

  • Tourism and climate conditions in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000-2010

    Open AccessPablo A Méndez-Lázaro, Pablo Méndez‐lázaro et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014

    Méndez-Lázaro, P. A., J. J. Terrasa-Soler, C. Torres-Peña, P. Guzmán-González, S. Rodríguez, M. Alemán, and T. Seguinot. 2014. Tourism and climate conditions in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000-2010. Ecology and Society 19(2): 11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06380-190211