By JPB Fellow Annie Belcourt. I was an American Indian student pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology in the 1990s, when I realized the stark contrast between my life experiences growing up on my home reservation and those of my non-Native peers. Read more.
Georgia State Inducts Two Faculty into Delta Omega
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University recently inducted two faculty as members of the Gamma Upsilon Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. JPB Fellow Christina Fuller is one of them. Read more.
New NAACP Report Shows Disproportionate Energy Shutoffs Among African Americans in the US
A new report from the NAACP highlights how low-income and Black communities are affected disproportionately from utility companies energy shutoffs relative to the rest of the country. The report uses JPB Fellow Diana Hernandez’s framework of energy justice to support it’s findings. Read more about the report at Color Lines.
JPB Fellow Awarded Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award
Madeleine Scammell, one of the 2014 – 2017 fellows was recently awarded a prestigious ONES award! Read more about Madeleine and the four other 2017 winners here.
The latest footwear trend: reducing plastic waste
Timberland has partnered with Thread International to bring recycled material to their shoes. This partnership not only reduces plastic waste, but brings stable jobs to Haitian communities. – GreenBiz
New Fellow Research: Diana Ceballos
In a new study, JPB Environmental Health Fellow Diana Ceballos looks to better understand connections betweek home- and work-related exposures in high-risk communities by identifying occupation-specific of home exposure. Learn more here: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cressh/y2-pilot-project-2-of-2/
Christina H. Fuller: Air Quality and Communities in Atlanta
JPB Fellow Christina H. Fuller is an assistant professor in the Division of Environmental Health at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health where she works in the field of air quality exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology. Her research interests include outdoor air pollution, the effects of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular health, community-engaged research, urban health and environmental justice. Read more.
New study finds wide racial disparity in cervical cancer deaths
“According to the analysis published Monday, the hysterectomy-corrected mortality rates put black American women on par with women living in some underdeveloped countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.” – The New York Times
One year later: evaluating the global response to Zika
We did not do “so great, according to more than a dozen public health experts who were asked to reflect on the response. The battle was a series of missed opportunities, they said, that damaged still-uncounted numbers of babies across a whole hemisphere.” – The New York Times
Study reveals striking disparities between urban and rural health
“When the federal government tries to address health disparities, it usually focuses on large population areas where they can get the most bang for the federal dollar … [a]nd that leaves vast areas of America without a federal or state partnership on ensuring access to care.” – The Washington Post