Assistant Professor Environmental and Health Sciences Department Spelman College Atlanta, Georgia nosborne@spelman.edu Fellowship Project: Water insecurity framework Na’Taki Osborne Jelks is an assistant professor at Spelman College. She also is the manager for Community and Leadership Development Programs for the National Wildlife Federation and chair of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, an organization committed to ensuring environmental justice in southwest and northwest Atlanta’s African-American neighborhoods. An environmental engineer by training,…
Veronica Helms Garrison
Social Scientist Analyst U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research Office of Research Evaluation and Monitoring Program Monitoring and Research Division Washington, DC www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-helms-garrison-6849434b veronica.e.garrison@hud.gov Veronica Eva Garrison is a government researcher (Analyst and Team Lead; Data and Research) with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development & Research, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring. Veronica joined the Federal…
Michael Garvey
Economist Office of Energy Justice Policy & Analysis, Office of Economic Impact & Diversity United States Department of Energy Washington, DC www.energy.gov/diversity michael.garvey@hq.doe.gov Dr. Michael Garvey is an economist at the U.S. Department of Energy working in the Office of Energy Justice Policy & Analysis. Currently, Michael liaisons between DOE and the offices awarding solar and wind renewable energy projects to implement the aims of President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative. Previously,…
Katherine Alfredo
Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of South Florida Tampa, Florida kalfredo@usf.edu Fellowship Project: Using a Risk Cup approach to evaluate vulnerabilities associated with community water systems in the US Dr. Katherine Alfredo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. Dr. Alfredo has extensive international experience that includes two US Fulbright Fellowships. Prior to joining the faculty at USF, she was…
Lauren E. Gentile
Geographer Office of Atmospheric Protection, Climate Change Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC www.epa.gov/cira gentile.lauren@epa.gov Dr. Lauren E. Gentile is a geographer and environmental social scientist with the Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Protection, Climate Change Division (CCD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her research interests center on the interactions between humans and the environment, applying a spatial and social science lens to climate change…
MyDzung Chu
Assistant Professor Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies Tufts Medical Center Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts mydzung.chu@tuftsmedicine.org Fellowship Project: Social and Environmental Drivers of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among Asian Immigrant Women MyDzung T. Chu, PhD, MSPH, is a Faculty Researcher at the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine in the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies and the Director of the ADAPT (Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational Research)…
Jose Cedeno Laurent
Assistant Professor Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute Rutgers University School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey www.rutgerscarelab.com memo.cedeno@rutgers.edu Fellowship Project: A mechanistic basis for the short-term exposure effects of UFP on cognitive function Dr. José Guillermo (Memo) Cedeño Laurent is an Assistant Professor at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute at Rutgers University. As Director of the Climate Adaptive and…
Anais Roque
Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio roque.25@osu.edu Fellowship Project: Food, Energy, and Water Insecurity in the Context of Compounding Disasters Dr. Anaís Delilah Roque Antonetty (she/her/ella) is an environmental social scientist and disaster anthropologist that studies resource insecurity and health in the Anthropocene. Currently, her research agenda is interested at how households and communities experience, prepare for and respond to food, energy, and water insecurity…
Ruzmyn Vilcassim
Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health Birmingham, Alabama ruzmyn@uab.edu Fellowship Project: Potential adverse impacts of vaping on perinatal health in women who use e-cigarettes during pregnancy. Ruzmyn Vilcassim is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health. His research primarily involves investigating the health effects associated with exposure to air pollutants, with a…
Betty Lin
Assistant Professor Department of Psychology University at Albany, State of New York Albany, New York Blin6@albany.edu Fellowship Project: Legacy effects of historical redlining on Black maternal life course heavy metal exposure and maternal-infant health. Dr. Betty Lin’s research focuses on clarifying why children with social disadvantage experience disparities in mental and physical health outcomes. She is especially interested in how social and environmental factors related to social disadvantage (e.g., stress…