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Four JPB Fellows Represent Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers

Four researchers affiliated with NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Core Centers have been selected to join the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program, administered by the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. The competitive program supports junior faculty from U.S. institutions who study how social and environmental factors influence health disparities in under-resourced communities. The new fellowship class includes Max Aung, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California;…

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Flint, Jackson, and Beyond: Infrastructure Failures in U.S. Cities

The disastrous water infrastructure issues in Flint, Michigan, and Jackson, Mississippi are not outliers. Looming failures across water, energy, and transportation systems are threatening dozens of cities. JPB Fellow Dr. Marccus Hendricks, director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice Lab at the University of Maryland, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about these emerging challenges. Listen here. 

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Hair Straightening Chemicals Associated With Higher Uterine Cancer Risk

Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found no associations with uterine cancer for other hair products that the women reported using, including hair dyes, bleach, highlights, or perms. The study data includes 33,497 U.S. women ages 35-74 participating in…

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LISTEN: Annie Belcourt on Indigenous health and healing

“Why on Earth would we not want to invest in ways to help people live hopeful, and longer lives?” JPB Fellows Dr. Annie Belcourt joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss using psychology to address the unique mental health challenges and issues in U.S. Indigenous communities. Belcourt is an American Indian Professor in the College of Health at the University of Montana’s Pharmacy Practice and School…

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Northeastern Professor Sara Wylie Appointed to US Department of Energy

Sara Wylie has been working to increase equity in climate change response for years through her work as an associate professor of sociology and health sciences at Northeastern University. Now, with a year-long fellowship in the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis, she has the opportunity to help shape the future of U.S. climate policy in a meaningful way. Working under the broader banner of…

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Ecopsychology Special Issue on Nature and Health Part 1

Almost two years ago the Ecopsychology journal partnered with the 2021 Nature and Health conference to solicit original manuscripts for a special issue of the journal, edited by JPB Fellows Dr. Gregory N. Bratman and Dr. Hector A. Olvera Alvarez.  The first issue was just published online [liebertpub.com] (free access until Oct 12, 2022).  The second issue will appear December 2022. Read more.

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Dr. Sara Wylie has received a prestigious fellowship

For the 2022-23 academic year, Associate Professor Sara Wylie and JPB E.H. from Cohort I will be serving as an Energy Justice Science, Technology and Policy Fellow in the new Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis at the Department of Energy. Dr. Wylie will be working on high-level strategies, policies, and research opportunities to execute the Justice40 Initiative across Department of Energy existing and new programs, particularly supporting 1) development of the environmental justice scores,…

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Dr. Tony G. Reames Honored with National Council on Electricity Policy Brinch Award for Collaboration in Public Service

JPB Fellow Dr. Tony G. Reames, deputy director for energy justice at the U.S. Department of Energy, was awarded the Jan Brinch Award for Collaboration in Public Service by the National Council on Electricity Policy at its Annual Meeting on September 22. Reames received the award in recognition of his widely influential research into the intersections of affordability, access to clean energy resources and related disparities across race, class and…

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‘A Multitude of Risks and Hazards’

UMD Expert: Jackson Water Crisis Latest Example of Marginalized Communities Bearing Brunt of Neglected Infrastructure For 40 days, residents of Jackson, Miss., had to boil water to brush their teeth, cook dinner or bathe after the city’s largest treatment plant failed. Schools in the state capital had to steer children away from unusable toilets or fountains, people lined up for 12 million bottles of donated water, and some hospitals had…

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