Rachel ​Morello-Frosch, PhD, MPH

Biography

Rachel Morello-Frosch is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. For over 20 years, her research has examined social determinants of environmental health among diverse communities with a focus on inequality, psychosocial stress and how these factors interact with environmental chemical exposures to produce health inequalities. Much of her work has examined this environmental justice question in the context of climate change, ambient air pollution, exposures to environmental chemicals and effects on fetal growth and developmental outcomes, often using community-based participatory research methods for data collection. In collaboration with communities and scientists, Dr. Morello-Frosch has also developed science-policy tools for assessing the cumulative impacts of chemical and non-chemical stressors to improve regulatory decision-making and advance environmental justice. In addition to her scientific articles, Rachel is a co-author of Contested Illness: Citizens, Science and Health Social Movements. Her research is supported by NIH, NSF, Cal-EPA, the California Breast Cancer Research Program and private foundations.

Research Interests

• Environmental justice and structural determinants of environmental health disparities
• Environmental chemicals, chronic stress and perinatal outcomes
• Climate change and health
• Community-based participatory research in environmental health science and epidemiology
• Discovery-driven biomonitoring and exposure assessment

Education

• PhD – Environmental Health Sciences
  University of California, Berkeley
• MPH – Epidemiology & Biostatistics
  University of California, Berkeley
• BS – Development Studies
  University of California, Berkeley

Publications

• Google Scholar
• PubMed

Courses Taught

• • ESPM 167-PH 160
  • Environmental Health and Development
• • PH 202B-ESPM 254
  • Ethnicity and Culture in Health Status and Behavior