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Jason Corburn, PhD Associate
Director, COEH Dr. Jason Corburn is the Associate Director of the Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health at Hunter College. His background is in
urban environmental planning and public health with a focus on assessing
community-based health hazards, particularly addressing issues of
environmental justice. Dr. Corburn has worked as an environmental-health
community organizer in Seattle, Boston and New York City. He was also a
senior environmental planner for the New York City Department of
Environmental Protection. He has taught environmental policy and planning as
well as conflict resolution at both MIT and Harvard University. Dr. Corburn's
research focuses on how community-generated local knowledge can combine with
traditional science to address environmental exposure and disease
disparities. His work also focuses on exploring the role of intermediaries in
developing participatory research partnerships between academics and
community-based organizations. In a third project, Dr. Corburn is exploring
ways to re-couple the fields of urban planning and public health. His work
has been published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the Journal of
Environmental Management, and Environmental Conservation, as well as numerous
popular publications. Dr. Corburn holds both a Masters in City Planning
(1996) and a Ph.D. (2002) in Urban Environmental Planning from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 212-481-5262 |
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Center for Occupational
& Environmental Health at Hunter College of the City University of New York |
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COEH,
Hunter College, 425 E. 25th St. New York, NY 10010 212-481-8790 (p) 212-481-8795 (fax) |