Howard Frumkin
Professor Emeritus, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Box 354695
Seattle, WA 98195-4695
Research Interests
Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Built Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat, Policy, Population Health Initiative
DEOHS Biography
Education
DrPH Epidemiology, Harvard University, 1993
MPH Occupational Health, Harvard University, 1982
MD Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1982
AB Science and Society, Brown University, 1977
In the News
Parks have social superpowers. Let’s make more of them
The Seattle Times, 05/17/2024
HHS launches Office of Environmental Justice
MedPage Today, 05/31/2022
National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members
National Academy of Medicine, 10/18/2021
A new investigation about who’s getting sick from heat-related illness should be a wakeup call for America
Mother Jones, 01/19/2021
Uprooting ancient communities in the face of rising sea levels and climate change
The Daily, 04/25/2019
New 'planetary health diet' can save lives and the planet, major review suggests
CNN, 01/18/2019
Climate change already a health emergency, say experts
The Guardian, 11/28/2018
A prescription for better health: Go outside.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 05/17/2018
Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?
Science News, 04/04/2018
How big data (and family ties) will shape the future of health.
www.geekwire.com, 03/13/2018