Through a competitive multi-stage process 14 new Fellowships have been awarded to junior faculty from institutions across the U.S. for the third cohort of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. These new Fellows will receive funding, mentoring and training in proposal development, research methods, leadership and communications. JPB EH Fellows are committed to finding solutions to address challenging environmental health inequities in under resourced communities and populations through interdisciplinary research and multiple perspectives.
Katherine Alfredo University of South Florida, Tampa FL
Michael Anastario Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona
Max Aung University of Southern California LA, CA
Stephanie Eick Emory University Atlanta, GA
Jose Cedeno Laurent Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ
MyDzung Chu Tufts University Boston, MA
Michael Garvey U. S. Department of Energy
Lauren E. Gentile U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Veronica Helmes Garrison U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Betty Lin University at Albany, State of New York, Albany, NY
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks Spelman College Atlanta, GA
Courtney Roper The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Anais Roque The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
Leah Schinasi Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Aaron Specht Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
Yoshira Ornelas Columbia University New York City, NY
Ruzmyn Vilcassim Uni. of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
Cohort II, 2018 – 2022
The Cohort II of the JPB EH Fellowship Program is comprised by 15 Fellows – 11 Faculty and 3 Agency Fellows. Together these young promising investigators are working across disciplines on research designed to address social and environmental health disparities that disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. These interdisciplinary collaborations among academia and Federal offices demonstrate a new dynamic and impactful way to implement science to complex social and environmental health challenges.
Raphael Arku University of Massachusetts Amherst
Greg Bratman University of Washington Seattle, WA
Ellison Carter Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
Lara Cushing University of California, Los Angeles
Matt Cutler National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.
Katie Dickinson Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Marccus Hendricks University of Maryland, School of Architecture
Chandra Jackson Ntl. Inst. of Envr. Health Sciences
Kirk Jalbert Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona
Viniece Jennings National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.
Leah Lozier U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Valerie Newsome Garcia Ntl. Healthy Start Association Washington, DC
Tony Reames University of Michigan
Colleen Reid University of Colorado
Jennifer Roberts University of Maryland
Cohort I, 2014 – 2018
The first cohort of JPB Environmental Health Fellows was comprised of nine assistant professors (Faculty Fellows) from academic institutions across the U.S and three research scientists from government agencies (Agency Fellows).
Allison Appleton State University of N.Y.
Annie Belcourt University of Montana
Kofi Berko Jr. U.S. Dept. of Housing
Diana Ceballos University of Washington Seattle, WA
Chungrong Jia University of Memphis
Christina Fuller University of Georgia
Diana Hernandez Columbia University
Stephanie Moore N.O.A.A.
Hector Olvera Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
