Exposures and Vibrant Communities Lab
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Exposure Science
I am trained as an exposure scientist and mostly focus on exposures stemming from industrial pollution.
Community Wellbeing
For over a decade I have partnered with various community groups to conduct community-based participatory research.
Youth Engagement
Integrating youth into the research process is key to democratizing science.
Published papers
I am passionate about training the next and current generation of environmental health scientist. I currently serve as the Assistant Director of Agents of Change in Environmental Justice and as the Deputy Director of the Environmental heAlth sciences Research for Teachers and High school students (EARTH) Program.
Agents of Change in Environmental Justice
The program is in partnership with Environmental Health News, a publication of Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on environmental health issues and Dr. Ami Zota at Columbia University.
Environmental heAlth sciences Research for Teachers and High school students
A collaboration with Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc and Dr. Annie Nigra at Columbia University. The EARTH program is a structured summer environmental health sciences research program for high school students and teachers from Native communities in the Northern Plains.
Selected Highlights
NASEM Report
Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Committee on State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment Report
FSPH Magazine
“There is power in documenting that (exposures), then using the knowledge to work with communities and policymakers to address those injustices.”
LA Times
Read about how our work revealed of a pesticide thought to be banned in the USA.