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.-
Deborah Schwengel
Director, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Training and Residency Program; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine -
Richard Semba
ProfessorRichard D. Semba, MD, MA, MPH, conducts research on major conditions affecting human health, including age-related macular degeneration, child malnutrition and growth failure, and loss of muscle mass and strength with older age using proteomics, metabolomics, and mass spectrometry. -
Genee Smith
Assistant ProfessorGenee Smith, MSPH, PhD, is passionate about using her training in environmental epidemiology exposure assessment and spatial analysis to promote environmental justice and alleviate placed-based health disparities. -
Andrew Thorne-Lyman
Associate Research ProfessorAndrew Thorne-Lyman, ScD, MHS ’97, is currently interested in exploring the role of fish in meeting the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries, particularly of young children; studying links between food systems, diet and nutrition and health outcomes; and the development and validation of indicators to measure the effectiveness of nutrition programs. -
Polly Walker
Research AssociatePolly Walker, MPH, MD, studies the environment, sustainable agriculture, food security and ecology. -
Darryn Waugh
ProfessorDarryn Waugh, PhD, studies large-scale atmosphere and oceanic flow and transport, with a focus on understanding global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and air quality. In recent years his interests have expanded to include urban climate and environmental justice
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