Discipline(s):
Urban Planning, Public Health, Public Policy
Area(s) of Expertise:
Place and Health, Community Health, Health Inequities
E-Mail:
jcorburn@berkeley.edu
Background:
Jason Corburn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and a member of the Global Metropolitan Studies initiative at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-directs the joint Masters in City Planning (MCP) and Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree program at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the links between environmental health and social justice in cities, notions of expertise in science-based policy making, and the role of local knowledge in addressing environmental and public health problems. Jason's research and practice works to build partnerships between urban residents, professional scientists and decision-makers in order to collaboratively generate policy and planning solutions that improve the qualities of cities and the well-being of residents, particularly the poor and people of color. Professor Corburn is a 2007 recipient of an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. His book, Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (The MIT Press, 2005) won the 2007 Paul Davidoff best book award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). Professor Corburn is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Health Impact Assessment Collaborative. Jason has held academic appointments at Columbia University and Hunter College, was a fellow at Harvard Law School, and worked as a senior planner with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Jason Corburn's available publications in PubMed.
Books:
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Corburn, Jason. Street Science: Community Knowledge & Environmental Health Justice. The MIT Press, 2005 |
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Corburn, Jason. Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning (Urban and Industrial Environments) The MIT Press, 2009 |
