Making our Homes Smoke-free for our Children
Women Watch Afrika (WWA) conducts regular community outreach and health & wellness education around alcohol, drug abuse, tobacco use prevention, secondhand smoke, “know the number”, asthma...
Community Engagement Activities
March 29, 2019
HERCULES Faculty Community Engagement Award: Dr. Dana Boyd Barr
Dr. Dana Boyd Barr serves as the Co-Lead of the HERCULES Integrated Health Sciences Facilities Core, and her lab provides Targeted Exposure Analysis for HERCULES scientists. Despite her busy lab and...
March 27, 2019
HERCULES Community Partner Award: Karla Blaginin
Karla Blaginin is a Stakeholder Advisory Board member who, through her advocacy for the Latino community in Atlanta, has expanded the reach of HERCULES to this community....
The East Point Environmental Collective
East Point neighbors are concerned about the periodic chemical emissions of toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, penta, and creosote from nearby manufacturing...
Rush-Hour Commuting and Air Pollution
Research conducted by HERCULES scientists Drs. Jeremy A. Sarnat and Maria Mirabelli about the health effects of the pollution inside our cars during the rush-hour...
Pollen, Asthma, and Emergency Department Visits
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, in collaboration with the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists, created the following infographic and 1-page plain-language summary of research...
Promoting Smoke-free Homes Among 2-1-1 Callers
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, in collaboration with the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists, created the following infographic and 1-page plain-language summary of research...
Proctor Creek Community Health Survey
Research study conducted by Samantha Eiffert and colleagues, including HERCULES scientists Melanie Pearson and Andrea Winquist and community partner Dr. Yomi Noibi, about environmental exposures...
Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes
Research conducted by HERCULES scientists Lyndsey Darrow and Matt Strickland about air pollution and birth...