Dr. Marccus D. Hendricks, Ph.D., MPH is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and the Director of Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland – College Park, MD. Read more about JPB Fellow Marccus D. Hendricks and his research.
Democratizing Environmental Data Event on Oct.22nd
Democratizing Environmental Data: Panel Discussion & Report Release On Thursday, October 22nd, from 6:00-7:30 pm EST, join the Environmental Enforcement Watch team, activists, scientists, policy makers, and more for a discussion on the need for transparency in federal environmental data and how to build more just data infrastructures. We’ll show, for the first time, how well environmental laws are being followed and enforced in the congressional districts of representatives who…
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Case-comparison study protocol for gauging effects of neighbourhood trends and sickness: examining the perceptions of transit-Induced gentrification in Prince George’s County
Introduction Impoverished neighbourhoods and communities of colour often bear the brunt of unintended transit-oriented development (TOD) impacts. These impacts have been known to come in the form of transit-induced gentrification (TIG), a socioeconomic by-product of TOD defined as a phenomenon that occurs when the provision of transit service, particularly light rail transit (LRT), ‘up-scales’ nearby neighbourhood(s) and displaces existing residents. Consequently, TIG or even the perception of TIG can impact…
2020-2021 Colloquium Series: “Racism, Disparities, and Environmental Health”
Please reserve the following times on your calendar for the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center 2020-2021 Colloquium Series: Racism, Disparities, and Environmental Health. Senior Fellow Diana Hernandez will present on Oct. 14th. Read more.
We’ll Have to Learn to Live With Smoke. Here’s Why.
There’s a huge fire debt in the West that must be paid off, experts say, either through controlled burns or out-of-control blazes. Either way, that means smoke. PORTLAND, Ore. — For a full week this month, my family did not leave our house here in this famously outdoorsy city. At times, smoke from the state’s huge wildfires made it hard to see to the end of the block. Sometimes, we…
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Citizen Science Project: Analyzing Patterns of Land Loss in the Gulf
Concerned about Climate Change? Help Healthy Gulf map land loss in the Gulf and protect vital wetlands at http://cartosco.pe/landloss. If you can see it, you can change it. That’s why HealthyGulf has partnered with Cartosco.pe and Northeastern University to create Land Loss Lookout, which can train your eye to see how climate change is drowning Louisiana’s wetlands. On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River Delta has grown into one of the…
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National Sleep Foundation Highlights New Evidence for Sleep Health Disparities
National Sleep Foundation Highlights New Evidence for Sleep Health Disparities Washington, D.C. (September 24, 2020): The latest issue of the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) Sleep Health Journal features a collection of new research studies that add to the evidence base for racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in sleep health. “The mission of Sleep Health is to explore sleep’s role in population health and elucidate the social science perspective on sleep and health. Sources and…
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Citizen Science Project: Land Loss Lookout
Protecting the Gulf of Mexico from pollution and wetland destruction requires constant vigilance. Often, the best way to keep an eye out is from the air. Help Healthy Gulf identify patterns by looking at aerial images of the coast. Learn more.
Smoke waves expected to intensify, continue to threaten public health across Colorado and the West
Wildfire-produced smoke waves that harmed air quality in the Roaring Fork Valley this summer may be associated with health risks for months after the fires end, while additional research shows that long stretches of smoky days are likely to become more frequent and more intense across the West as the climate warms. In mid-August, thick smoke pooled in the valley from the Grizzly Creek and Pine Gulch fires, and earlier…
Biological signs of disease examined at National Academies event
The workshop focused on biomarkers of effect, which are molecular changes that result from exposure to environmental and social stressors. Exposure to environmental and social stressors can cause molecular changes that lead to poor health outcomes, but identifying which changes are true indicators of adverse effects or potential risk is a challenge. Environmental health scientists say that more knowledge about such biological indicators — called biomarkers of effect — could shed light…
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