bhavna shamasunder
@bhavnasham
Environmental Justice & Health; UEP@Oxy; tweets are my own
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10-09-2008 03:41:37
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My department at Occidental College College is searching for a Cell or Molecular Biologist whose research involves bioinformatics or computational biology, potentially including genomics.
Job ad here with a deadline of Oct 2: oxy.edu/sites/default/…
Data harmonization for the #LASVOCES community air monitoring network. Gratitude to Velaslavasay Panorama for continued support of community based research in South LA. USC Enviro Health Caroline Frischmon Redeemer Community Partnership NIEHS PEPH bhavna shamasunder
JUST RELEASED: 400 scientists, including top US climate researchers, endorse the demands of Sunday’s march to #EndFossilFuels in a letter to President Biden. “The climate crisis is spiraling out of control…We call on you to do what is needed to address the crisis.”foodandwaterwatch.org/2023/09/13/hun…
Out now! Our Environmental Health Perspectives paper on neighborhood-level differences in hair product safety in Boston, MA Tamarra James-Todd Gary Adamkiewicz bhavna shamasunder Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Chan EH
Editorial: California needs to protect schoolchildren from extreme heat USC Enviro Health latimes.com/opinion/story/…
First up, new work by Marissa Chan, bhavna shamasunder & Jill Johnston shows that oil and gas sites in Los Angeles County are located in areas that are already cumulatively burdened by environmental hazards and social stressors. buff.ly/3QmE6rK
Mary Willis and I had the opportunity to write a new editorial on oil & gas, #FossilFuelRacism , and #EnvironmentalJustice in AJPH!
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ… We got to discuss two excellent new articles and the current state of health-protective regulations
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Our editorial on the excellent paper by Alique Berberian and Lara Cushing, PhD, MPH on race,racism, and drinking water contamination (ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…) #environmentalinjustice , #losangeles AJPH Jill Johnston ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…
In response to community concerns, we found adverse cardiovascular impacts among residents living closer to urban oil wells bhavna shamasunder Arbor Quist Shohreh Farzan STAND-LA Redeemer Community Partnership Esperanza Community Housing USC Enviro Health Population and Public Health Sciences at USC NIEHS PEPH
'The sinking ship is no longer a metaphor. The broken heart is no longer a metaphor. Who needs a metaphor in times as hot and blunt as ours? Let’s make it plain.' -- alexispauline does it again:
harpersbazaar.com/culture/featur…
My environmental justice journey started with working alongside communities fighting urban oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles (See young Marissa on the bottom right participating in distributing a community health survey led by bhavna shamasunder)
Social and Environmental Stressors of Urban Oil and Gas Facilities in Los Angeles County AJPH Marissa Chan Jill Johnston #environmentaljustice #losangeles #cumulativeburden ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…
Keep an eye out for our paper #SoonInAJPH about the burden of urban oil and gas facilities in communities in #LA Jill Johnston bhavna shamasunder
#SoonInAJPH 'Urban Oil and Gas Facilities in Los Angeles County, CA: Neighborhood Cumulative Burden, Race/Ethnicity, and Well Location' Neighborhoods in CA are burdened by environmental stressors are at risk of living near oil and gas development. Jill Johnston bhavna shamasunder