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.
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…
Chunrong Jia, PhD
Professor of Environmental Health Science Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health School of Public Health University of Memphis cjia@memphis.edu Fellowship Projects: Energy, Environment and Health in Affordable Housing Development / Indoor VOC Exposure and Home Energy Insecurity in an Environmental Justice Community / The Role of Environmental Exposure Reduction (REER) in a Multicomponent Asthma Intervention Dr. Chunrong Jia is Professor of Environmental Health (EH) in University of Memphis School of…
Christina Fuller, SC.D.
Associate Professor College of Engineering University of Georgia Christina.Fuller@uga.edu “I am dedicated to a productive academic career in which my research takes a comprehensive approach to examining and understanding the multifaceted nature of environmental health disparities. Through my work in corporate, academic and community settings I have seen inequities in the burden of environmental hazards on minority and marginalized communities. The JPB Fellowship provides the opportunity to build my knowledge…
Allison Appleton
Associate Professor, Department Chair School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics State University of New York, at Albany aappleton@albany.edu Fellowship Project: Albany Infant and Mother Study (AIMS). Allison is a social epidemiologist with training in epigenetics, cardiovascular disease and neurodevelopment. She received her doctoral degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and also at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. …
Fellow Publications
José Suaréz Acetylcholinesterase activity and time after a peak pesticide-use period among Ecuadorian children Suarez-Lopez JR, Butcher CR, Gahagan S, Checkoway H, Alexander BH, Al-Delaimy WK. Acetylcholinesterase activity and time after a peak pesticide-use period among Ecuadorian children. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. October 2017. doi:10.1007/s00420-017-1265-4 Agroecology and Health: Lessons from Indigenous Population Suárez-Torres J, Suárez-López JR, López-Paredes D, Morocho H, Cachiguango-Cachiguango LE, Dellai W. (2017). Agroecology and Health: Lessons from Indigenous Populations.…
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.
Gina McCarthy, former administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Speaks at T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Gina McCarthy was appointed by President Obama in 2009 as assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, and was subsequently named EPA administrator in 2013. A longtime public servant and progressive leader, she previously served as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, deputy secretary of the Massachusetts Office of Commonwealth Development, and undersecretary for policy for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Watch…
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.