Students in PHP1720 rolled up their sleeves this semester, conducting community-engaged research at 180 local sites, from downtown Providence to the new Pawtucket soccer stadium, revealing disparities in noise pollution and other public health concerns.
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Department of Epidemiology
Erica Walker
RGSS Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Environmental Health & Climate Change, Health Disparities & Health Equity, Child & Adolescent Health
Biography
Walker has extensive experience with environmental exposure assessments, environmental exposure modeling, community surveying, and community engagement. She runs Community Noise Lab, whose primary aim is to explore the relationship between community noise and health, holistically. This is accomplished by working directly with communities to support their specified noise issue using: real-time monitoring and exposure modeling; our smartphone app, NoiseScore; community noise surveying via the National Environmental Quality Survey; laboratory-based experiments, and community engagement activities.
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People-Centered Science
In an era where the value of scientific research is increasingly undermined, Brown University public health scholars remain steadfast, showing how high-quality public health science protects people, shapes policy and transforms the health of our nation.
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An innovative online summer course empowers budding environmentalists nationwide to tackle local public health challenges, fostering informed and engaged community leaders.
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The city effect: How urban landscapes shape our health
A special live Commencement & Reunion Weekend episode of our podcast, Humans in Public Health, brings Brown University experts from epidemiology and urban studies for a discussion on cities: How they collect public health problems and the ways they might help us to address those same issues.
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A team led by Professor Erica Walker has received federal funding to conduct the first air-quality and community noise assessment of Mississippi communities impacted by the production of wood pellets.
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Erica Walker explores the hidden health impacts of wood pellet production in her home state of Mississippi
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