Social Scientist Social Sciences Branch Northeast Fisheries Science Center National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Woods Hole, MA matthew.cutler@noaa.gov Fellowship Project: Tracking Stakeholder Perceptions and Outcomes in the Implementation of Amendment 23 (In collaboration with Fellow Kirk Jalbert) Matt received his PhD in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire in 2015. His research has focused on public perceptions of climate change and other environmental issues, such as extreme weather events,…
Colleen Reid
Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, CO Colleen.Reid@Colorado.EDU Fellowship Project: Understanding the roles of objective versus perception of green space exposure on stress and mental health As a JPB fellow, Dr. Reid sharpened her methodological toolkit including getting more involved in community-based research to better understand how environmental exposures interact with social exposures on neighborhood scales to influence population health. Dr. Reid is an associate professor in…
José Ricardo Suárez, MPH, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Division Lead – Climate and Environmental Health Teaching Division Director – Climate and Environmental Health Research Program Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science University of California San Diego jrsuarez@ucsd.edu Fellowship Project: Nuts and Olestra for Persistent Organic Pollutant Reduction (NO-POPs) Trial: A Pilot Investigation. Key words: pesticides, persistent pollutants, mental health, metabolism, respiratory, inflammation, metabolomics, cohort, clinical trial, climate change adaptation. Dr. Suarez is…
Annie Belcourt
Professor of Pharmacy Practice/Community & Public Health Science, Native American Studies Chair College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences University of Montana annie.belcourt@umontana.edu Fellowship Project: Indigenous Home Health: Community Driven Approaches to Wellness Dr. Belcourt (Aímmóniisiaki/Mdbogay-Otterwoman) Chairs Native American Studies and is an American Indian Professor in the College of Health at the University of Montana’s School of Public and Community Health Sciences Departments (enrolled tribal member of the Three…
Diana Hernández
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University dh2494@columbia.edu “At its core, our home is where we launch our lives from on a daily basis. Housing is therefore an important area of study and intervention as it carries vital health and social implications. For me, housing is the focus of my research, business and passion.” Fellowship Projects: Beyond Implementation: Evaluating Compliance and Refining Enforcement of Smoke-free Housing…
Stephanie Moore, Ph.D.
Research Oceanographer Northwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce stephanie.moore@noaa.gov “I believe that healthy people need healthy oceans.” Growing up in Australia and surrounded by water, Stephanie Moore understood the intimate and inextricable connection between the oceans and human health. Just as the oceans can nourish and sustain, they can also harbor public health risks. Stephanie works with coastal communities to build resilience to blooms of toxic…
Diana Ceballos
Assistant Professor Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington School of Public Health dmco25@uw.edu. Dr. Ceballos strives to better understand the connection between exposure to hazards in the workplace, the community, and in the home, where workers may unwittingly bring home pollutants and transfer hazards to their children. She earned a Master’s degree in atmospheric chemistry and a PhD in Environmental and Occupational Hygiene. She is also…
Madeleine Scammell, DSc
Associate Professor Department of Environmental Health School of Public Health Boston University mls@bu.edu Fellowship Project: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease of Non-Traditional Etiology in the US / Methane Leaks and Tree Health Madeleine Kangsen Scammell is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) where she also leads the Community Engagements Core of the Boston University Superfund Research Program and the Center…
Hector Olvera, Ph.D., PE
Associate Professor, School of Nursing Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon olveraal@ohsu.edu Fellowship Project: Life stress, particulate matter exposure, and inflammatory reactivity/ Nature Contact, and Health Inequities (Collaborative Project) Dr. Hector Olvera Alvarez is an interdisciplinary health scientist with interests in environmental health, health equity, and psychological wellbeing currently serving as the Senior Associate Dean for Research at the School…
Sara Wylie, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology Social Science and Environmental Health Research Institute Northeastern University s.wylie@northeastern.edu Fellowship Projects: Open Water Data-Community Visualization of Clean Water Act Violations Project / Citizen Science Research / Developing, Validating, and Distributing a Low Cost Tool for Community Mapping of Hydrogen Sulfide with Photographic Paper Study Fellowship Collaborations: Debts & Reciprocity vs. Deficits & Harms: Developing EJ Communication Tools to Catalyze Action / Exploring the Use of…