Environmental & Public Health

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Joanne Michaud

1993 Fellow
For her graduate work at the University of Rhode Island, Joanne studied the effects of habitat size and isolation of southern Rhode Island peatlands on occupancy by the bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixanthe). Her work with the Rhode...
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Karen Shapiro

1988 Fellow
Karen is Senior Associate of Policy and Programs at the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), a non-profit located in Boston. PSI works with state and local governments and partners with manufacturers, retailers, environmental groups...
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Trish Holden

1992 Fellow
Patricia (Trish) Holden is a Professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she also directs the UCSB Natural Reserve System. Her group researches environmental...
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Leigh Shemitz

1991 Fellow
Leigh has returned to school to pursue a PhD in ecology and environmental health at Yale F&ES. Her research focuses on assessing change in the environmental health of urban ecosytems over time. These studies build upon Leigh's earlier work...
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Helen Suh

1990 Fellow
Dr. Suh MacIntosh is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Exposure Assessment at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the characterization of particulate and other air pollutant exposures and their...
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Susan Proctor

1989 Fellow
Currently, she is Research Associate Professor of Neurology and of Environmental Health at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Susan is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the...
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Cynthia Robinson

1994 Fellow
Cynthia Robinson is president of the Robertson Foundation for Government (RFG) where she directs grantmaking, management and operations, and stakeholder relations for RFG’s support of public service leadership development with an emphasis...
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Cynthia Lopez

1993 Fellow
While completing a Master's at UCLA, Cynthia served as principal investigator researching the effects of organophosphate exposure on the reproductive outcomes of farm workers. After completing a second Master's in International Relations...
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William Nazaroff

1987 Fellow
Bill is the Daniel Tellep Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on natural science and technology aspects of indoor air quality and improving our understanding of the source-receptor...
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Carlos Plazola

1994 Fellow
Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...