NASA Data for Environmental Justice
NASA’s satellites capture critical environmental data—tracking air pollution, land surface temperatures, and greenspace changes over time. But how can this data support environmental justice...
HERCULES aims to learn how environmental exposures affect health and community well-being by building relationships with Atlanta-area communities and partnering together to conduct exposome research. This page includes highlights and descriptions of our community-partnered research. Read more about the HERCULES Community Engagement Core and all of our community engagement activities here.
Testing Soil for Lead in Urban Agricultural and Residential Spaces
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a study done with HERCULES member Eri Saikawa, PhD in...
The Effects of Redlining, Mortgage Discrimination, and Race on Breast Cancer in Georgia
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a study done with HERCULES member Lauren McCullough,...
Knowledge of Heavy Metal Exposure and Remediation in Urban Gardens
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a study done with HERCULES member Eri Saikawa and the...
Targeting blood lead level screening
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a study done with HERCULES member Eri Saikawa and the...
April 10, 2024
HERCULES Pilot Highlight-Rollins Public Health Magazine
The Burden of Brunswick Haunted by decades of industrial pollution, a coastal community in Georgia has partnered with Rollins researchers in hopes of shedding light on the toxic substances hidden in...
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...
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...