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Rachel Morello-Frosch, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
PHONE: (510) 643-6358
FAX: (510) 643-4361
LOCATION: 137 Mulford Hall
E-MAIL: rmf@berkeley.edu

 

Courses

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Morello-Frosch R, Brody JG, Brown P, Altman RG, Rudel R, Pérez C "Toxic ignorance and right-to-know in biomonitoring results communication: a survey of scientists and study participants." Environmental Health, 2009 Feb 28, 8:6.

Brody JG, Morello-Frosch R, Brown P, Zota A, Pérez C, Rudel R "Linking Exposure Assessment Science with Policy Objectives for Environmental Justice and Breast Cancer Advocacy: The Northern California Household Exposure Study." American Journal of Public Health, Forthcoming

Zota AR, Rudel RA, Morello-Frosch R, Brody JG "Elevated House Dust and Serum Concentrations of PBDEs in California: Unintended Consequences of Furniture Flammability Standards?" Environmental Science and Technology, 2008, 42(21):8158-64

Altman R, Morello-Frosch R, Brody J, Rudel R , Brown P, Averick M: Pollution Comes Home and Gets Personal: Cape Cod Women's Experiences of Household Toxic Exposure." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008 49(4):417-35..

Brody JG, Morello-Frosch R, Brown P, Rudel R, Altman R, Frye M, Osimo CC, Pérez C, Seryak L: "Is It Safe?—New Ethics for Reporting Personal Exposures to Environmental Chemicals." American Journal of Public Health, 2007 97:1547-1554.

Morello-Frosch R and Lopez, R: "The Riskscape and the Colorline: Examining the Role of Segregation in Environmental Health Disparities," Environmental Research, 2006 102(2): 181-196.

DeFur PL, Evans GW, Hubal EA, Kyle AD, Morello-Frosch RA, Williams DA: "Vulnerability as a Function of Individual and Group Resources in Cumulative Risk Assessment." Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007 115:817-824.

Morello-Frosch R and Shenassa, E: "The Environmental 'Riskscape' and Social Inequality: Implications for Explaining Maternal and Child Health Disparities." Environmental Health Perspectives, 2006, 114 (8):1150-1153.

Morello-Frosch R and Jesdale, B: "Separate and Unequal: Residential Segregation and Air Quality in the Metropolitan U.S." Environmental Health Perspectives 2006, 113: 386-393.

Pastor M, Morello-Frosch, R, Sadd J: "Breathless: Air Quality, Schools, and Environmental Justice in California." Policy Studies Journal , 2006, 34 (3): 337-362.

Greene A, Morello-Frosch R, Shenassa E: "Inadequate Prenatal Care and Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children Born in Providence, Rhode Island: A Population-Based Study." Public Health Reports, 2006, 121: 729-736.

Payne-Sturges D, Gee GC, Crowder K, Hurley BJ, Lee C, Morello-Frosch R, Rosenbaum A, Schultz A, Wells C, Woodruff T, Zenick H. Connecting Social and Environmental Factors to Measure and Track Environmental Health Disparities, Environmental Research, 2006 102(2): 146-153.

Morello-Frosch RA, Pastor M, Sadd J: "Integrating Environmental Justice and the Precautionary Principle in Research and Policy-Making: The Case of Ambient Air Toxics Exposures and Health Risks among School Children in Los Angeles." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2002, 584: 47-68.

Morello-Frosch RA: "The Political Economy of Environmental Discrimination." Environment and Planning C, Government and Policy, 2002, 20:477-496.

Morello-Frosch RA, Pastor M, Porras C, Sadd J: "Environmental Justice and Regional Inequality in Southern California: Implications for Future Research." Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002, 110 (Supplement 2): 149-154.

Book chapters:

Shonkoff S, Morello-Frosch R , Pastor M, Sadd J (2009) "Environmental Health and Equity Impacts from Climate Change and Mitigation Policies in California: A Review of the Literature." In: Cal-EPA Climate Action Team Report. Publication # CEC-500-2009-038-D. Available at: http:www.climatechange.ca.govpublicationscatindex.html

Brown P, Morello-Frosch R , Zavestoski S, Senier L, Altman RG, Hoover E, McCormick S, Mayer B, Adams C. "Health Social Movements: Advancing Traditional Medical Sociology Concepts." In Handbook of Health, Illness & Healing: Blueprint for the 21st Century, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack K. Martin, Jane McLeod, and Anne Rogers eds. New York, Springer, Forthcoming 2009

Brown P, Morello-Frosch R , Zavestoski S, Senier L, Altman RG, Hoover E, McCormick S, Mayer B, Adams C. "Field Analysis for Studying Health Social Movements." In Mayer Zald, Jane Banaszak-Holl, and Sandra Levitsky, eds., Social Movements and the Development of Health Institutions. Cambridge, Oxford University Press (Forthcoming 2009)

Morello-Frosch R, Zavestoski S, Brown P, McCormick S, Mayer B, Gasior R. "Social Movements in Health: Responses to and Shapers of a Changed Medical World." In The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power. Kelly Moore and Scott Frickel, eds. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. (2006).

Pastor M, Bullard RD, Boyce J, Fothergill A, Morello-Frosch R , Wright B: In the Wake of the Storm: Environment, Disaster, and Race after Katrina, May 2006 Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.

Morello-Frosch R, Pastor M, Sadd J, Porras C, Prichard M. "Citizens, Science, and Data Judo: Leveraging Community-based Participatory Research to Build a Regional Collaborative for Environmental Justice in Southern California." In Methods for Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research in Public Health. Barbara Israel, Eugenia Eng, Amy Shultz, Edith Parker, eds. University of Michigan, Jossey-Bass Press (2005).

Profile Updated: August 20, 2009

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