Environmental & Public Health

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Jessica Trowbridge

2019 Fellow
Jessica Trowbridge is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation work seeks to characterize exposure levels and uncover novel chemical exposures among women fire fighters in...
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Zully Juarez

2019 Fellow
Zully Juarez provides research and analysis of environmental justice policies to Just Solutions Collective. With the direction and input of BIPOC frontline policy practitioners, she works to identify, research, review, and analyze existing...
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José Guadalupe Gutierrez

2019 Fellow
José Guadalupe Gutierrez is community organizer and landscape designer passionate about park equity and working with communities to expand access to parks, open spaces, tree shade, and recreational opportunities to all. Jose served as a...
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Howe wins blog contest with post and video on her work in Ethiopia

Editor's note: Fellow Lauren Howe recently won the USAID Agrilinks Young Scholars Food Security Blog Contest with the following post about her work in Ethiopia with sweet potato leaves, which first appeared on the Agrilinks website.
May 2, 2019
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Bradman honored by The Organic Center

The Organic Center recognized environmental health scientist Dr. Asa Bradman with its Award of Excellence at the organization’s annual benefit dinner March 6 in Anaheim, California.
April 10, 2019
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Matsuoka publishes report chapter on importance of partnerships in cleaning up freight transportation pollution

Fellow Martha Matsuoka co-authored the chapter "Working Together to Clean Up Freight Transportation" in the new report from the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Strategies for Health Justice: Lessons from the Field.
December 10, 2018
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Miner publishes on a screening-level approach to quantifying glacial release

Fellow Kimberley Miner has published a new article in Nature. A screening-level approach to quantifying risk from glacial release of organochlorine pollutants in the Alaskan Arctic Abstract
December 10, 2018
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Delborne quoted on report accusing Pentagon of creating bioweapon

A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science Policy Forum report released today. Naturally, the organization leading the research says it’s doing nothing of the sort.
December 3, 2018
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Merritt awarded grant for public health/street art project in Maine

Fellow Karen Merritt was just awarded a Rebel Blend Fund Grant for a public health/street art project for Portland, ME for next year.
December 3, 2018
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Von Meier awarded NSF grant to shape human-technology partnership

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing over $25 million in 26 projects to advance the cognitive and physical capabilities of workers in the context of human-technology interactions. These new awards will address critical social, technical, educational and economic needs in the workplace. The awards were issued under the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), one of 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments announced by NSF in 2016.
December 3, 2018