Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Health Science, University of California, Los Angeles lcushing@ucla.edu Fellowship Project: From the city to the cell: neighborhood determinants of adverse birth outcomes Lara Cushing’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of social inequalities in exposure to environmental hazards. She has assessed the health impacts of environmental and climate-related exposures for pregnant people and infants, and investigated questions of environmental justice in the context of…
Viniece Jennings
Deputy Director NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL https://ccme.famu.edu/ viniece.jennings@famu.edu Viniece Jennings is the Deputy Director at the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems. The center is led by FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) and includes 5 partner institutions. Her role is to provide executive leadership for the center in administering operations, education, research, and professional development for students. Prior to taking…
Raphael Arku
Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health and Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA rarku@umass.edu Fellowship Project: Environmental exposures in the home environment and COPD exacerbation. Raphael E Arku is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, School of Public Health & Health Sciences. Dr. Arku’s field of teaching and research is primarily in air pollution, with the…
Ellison Carter
Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO Ellison.Carter@colostate.edu Fellowship Project: Improving Assessment of Residential Exposures for Home Energy Efficiency and Health Studies Ellison is an environmental engineer, and her current research combines interests and expertise in indoor and outdoor air quality, exposure science, and chemistry. She aims to answer questions relevant to energy, environmental health, and housing policy. She is working to understand…
Jennifer D. Roberts
Associate Professor Director, Public Health Outcomes & Effects of the Built Environment Lab, Department of Kinesiology University of Maryland School of Public Health. College Park, MD www.jenniferdeniseroberts.com, www.wekesaearthcenter.com jenrob@umd.edu Fellowship Project: Gauging Effects of Neighborhood Trends and Sickness (GENTS) Study: Examining the Perception of Transit-Induced Gentrification in Prince George’s County Jennifer D. Roberts is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She is…
Chandra Jackson
Earl Stadtman Investigator Social & Environmental Determinants of Health Equity Group Epidemiology Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Research Triangle Park, NC chandra.jackson@nih.gov Dr. Chandra L. Jackson is an Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator who leads the Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Equity group in the Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences with a joint appointment in the intramural program of the National Institute of…
Leah Lozier
Social Science Analyst Program Evaluation Division Office of Policy Development & Research U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC Leah.M.Lozier@hud.gov Leah Lozier is Social Science Analyst in the Program Evaluation Division of the Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Leah entered the Federal government in 2014 as a Presidential Management Fellow. Leah’s research is primarily focused on the…
Kirk Jalbert
Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of Environment and Sustainability in the University at Buffalo kjalbert@buffalo.edu www.kirkjalbert.com Fellowship Project: Assessing Landowner Perceptions of Environmental and Public Health Risks When Signing Easements Agreements for Oil and Gas Pipelines/ Critical Infrastructure Criminalization Bills/ Exploring the Use of a Low-Cost Photopaper Tool for Citizen Science Detection of Urban Gas Leaks/ Tracking Stakeholder Perceptions and Outcomes in the Implementation of Amendment 23 Kirk…
Katherine Dickinson
Associate Professor Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Colorado School of Public Health Aurora, CO katherine.dickinson@ucdenver.edu Fellowship Collaborative Projects: Assessing Landowner Perceptions of Environmental and Public Health Risks When Signing Easements Agreements for Oil and Gas Pipelines/ Debts & Reciprocity vs. Deficits & Harms: Developing EJ Communication Tools to Catalyze Action/ Housing Policy as Public Health Policy: Building a Community-Engaged Impact Evaluation of Denver’s Sun Valley Public Housing Redevelopment Project As…
Greg Bratman
Assistant Professor Environmental & Forest Sciences College of the Environment University of Washington Seattle, WA bratman@uw.edu Fellowship Project: Nature exposure, mental health, and equity: a multi-method approach Gregory Bratman is the Doug Walker Endowed Assistant Professor of Nature, Health, and Recreation in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington, where he also works with EarthLab’s Nature for Health – a group of collaborators that work…