Environmental & Public Health

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Chiang hired as San Francisco Senior Commercial Toxics Reduction Coordinator

After 18 years at the Center for Environmental Health, Sue Chiang started a new position with the San Francisco Environment Department as Senior Commercial Toxics Reduction Coordinator. Sue has worked throughout her career on reducing and...
September 16, 2024
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Gill quoted on the hidden menace of western dust storms

“The hottest spots for dust are the lakes that are drying up, usually as a result of the human thirst for water.”
September 16, 2024
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Reynoso joins Cal Wellness as Program Officer

Cal Wellness works to protect and improve the health and wellness of the people of California by increasing access to health care, quality education, good jobs, healthy environments and safe neighborhoods.
August 26, 2024
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Hasmik Djoulakian

2024 Fellow
As an organizer and researcher, Hasmik is passionate about supporting food sovereignty movements in California and Armenia. She approaches this work with lenses from both the natural sciences and feminist studies.
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Jazz Henry

2024 Fellow
Jazz's studies are concentrated in sustainability and design/development. He has worked on issues such as extreme heat, air quality, community engagement and schoolyard greening.
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Kathryn Rodgers

2024 Fellow
Kathryn is a scientist and communicator committed to science translation for decision-makers in governments, businesses, unions, and community groups to support environmental health.
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Kefela named Agent of Change in Environmental Justice

The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program, a partnership between EHN and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, has named Timnit Kefela as one of their fifth group of fellows. The program’s mission “is to empower...
March 18, 2024
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Shankar selected as UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalist

“I am thrilled to be a part of the Health Equity Challenge because it gives me the opportunity to innovatively apply my research in collaboration with expert community organizers and skilled residents. Through my proposed Citizen Science training program, I hope to build the capacity of Watts residents to identify and address stationary sources in their community, with the long-term goal of moving the needle on health inequities.”
February 21, 2024
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Matsuoka co-edits Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice book

Martha Matsuoka’s new, open-access book shows how community-engaged research contributes to environmental justice by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit.
January 18, 2024
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David Gonzalez: uncovering the health effects of wildfire smoke

“Wildfires are a special flavor of pollution that we don't totally understand,” David says. “We don’t understand its chemistry, health effects, or how it’s different from urban air pollution. I didn’t realize there was such a gap in that knowledge when I started. The more I dove into it, the more I was motivated to fill that gap.”
September 27, 2023