October 26, 2023
HERCULES Inclusive Communications Guide for Academics
This guide provides resources to help you consider language and visuals that you use in presentations, grant proposals, and publications to ensure inclusivity....
Community Engagement Activities
August 2, 2023
HERCULES Researcher Michele Marcus Honored for Commitment to Michigan Residents Impacted by PBB Contamination
In May, Alma College hosted a commemoration event to honor those who advocated for Michigan residents impacted by the largest food contamination in US history and to highlight the ongoing commitment...
July 10, 2023
HERCULES collaborative publication: Developing and Implementing In-Person and Virtual SoilSHOPs in Atlanta, Georgia, as a Community-Engaged Approach to Screen and Prevent Soil Lead Exposure
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core played a role in bringing partners together to identify and address lead soil contamination in West Atlanta. These partners collaborated on a recent publication...
July 10, 2023
HERCULES publication: A Collaborative Approach to Address Racism in a Community–Academic Partnership
Since 2020, the HERCULES Community Engagement Core and its Stakeholder Advisory Board have participated in a collaborative process to address racism within HERCULES and their partnership. They...
March 31, 2023
NPU-P Completes Exposome Roadshow and Grant Program
NPU-P completed their 3-year participation in the Clarence Shaheed Dubois Exposome Roadshow and Community Grant Program on March 31, 2023! Congratulations! Residents of Neighborhood Planning Unit P...
March 20, 2023
Roadshow Grantee: SEJA – City of South Fulton, District 7
Residents seeking to address their environmental health concerns came together virtually with Emory HERCULES in November and December 2022 to share their environmental health concerns, learn about...
March 2, 2023
HERCULES collaborative publication: “They Kept Going for Answers”: Knowledge, Capacity, and Environmental Health Literacy in Michigan’s PBB Contamination
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core partnered with the PBB Research Team and community partners, researchers at the University of Michigan’s P30 Center, and an oral historian at Central...
November 16, 2022
Climate change, Hazardous Waste and Environmental Justice in Brunswick, GA
PI: Noah Scovronick, School of Public Health, Environmental Health The city of Brunswick, a majority African American and low-income city in southeast Georgia, is located on the coast and faces...
November 16, 2022
Mobile Health (mHealth) Technologies for Monitoring Environmental Exposures and Health Impacts in Low-Income Communities
Study Title: Mobile Health (mHealth) for Monitoring Environmental Exposures and Health Impacts in Low-Income Communities: A Community-Engaged Pilot Study PI: Christine Ekenga, School of Public...