Healthy Communities, Workplaces, & Lifestyles
The health and well-being of communities is dependent on a multitude of factors. Environmental sustainability touches many of them: community food systems, green space & urban tree canopy, and access to clean, drinkable water among them. Sometimes oversimplified to an issue of choice, the health status and lifestyle choices of community members are often a byproduct of the systems – political, economic, social – in which they exist. Many JHU affiliates study and implement methods to increase agency and accessibility to resources within communities across impact areas.-
Raj Mukherjee
Associate Professor of NeurosurgeryDr. Raj Mukherjee, MD, MPH, focuses on the treatment of patients with primary and metastatic brain lesions. His clinical work and research emphasize the development of individual treatment plans that optimize survival and quality of life in all patients. -
Keeve Nachman
Associate ProfessorKeeve Nachman, PhD, leads investigations into the public health and environmental impacts of industrial agriculture, with particular interest in livestock and poultry production. -
Liz Nussbaumer
Project Director, Seafood, Public Health & Food Systems ProjectLiz Nussbaumer, MPP, has research interests in ocean acidification and its effect on fisheries, as well as industrial poultry operations, pollution trading, bottled water, renewable energy and more. -
Benjamin Schafer
Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Civil and Systems EngineeringBenjamin W. Schafer, PhD, is a structural engineer with a focus on enabling engineers to reliably design resilient civil structures that use minimal material.Schafer is the founding director of the Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, which addresses the development of sustainable energy technologies and their equitable implementation for the betterment of society. -
Kellogg Schwab
Abel Wolman Professorship in Water and Public Health; ProfessorKellogg Schwab, PhD, integrates engineering, public health and human behavior in bench and field studies to address water and wastewater challenges around the world. -
Brian Schwartz
ProfessorBrian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME ’90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments
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