Social Life of Cumulative Risk Policy
Maryland, 2017-present
This collaborative project examines why very little progress has been made on advancing federal policy responses to scientific findings about cumulative exposures and risks—the multiple physical, chemical, biological, and social stressors that cumulatively impact community and population health. Our work addresses how issues of risk, environmental justice, and vulnerable populations are framed in decision-making discourses related to environmental policy.
Marcellus Shale Public Health Study
This is a collaborative project with investigators at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health to evaluate the potential public health impacts associated with drilling in the Marcellus Shale in Maryland in response to Governor O’Malley’s Executive Order (E.O.) 01.01.2011.11, which established the Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative.