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HSPH-NIEHS Colloquium Series: Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, PhD
March 8, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join us for our 2022-2023 colloquium series on Environmental Health in Action. This month, we welcome Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, PhD, professor of Economics at Amherst College. Her research focuses on public health and social impacts of environmental pollution, malpractice and physician behavior, factors influencing judicial decision-making, and other topics in applied microeconomics. Prof. Reyes is particularly interested in areas of health and inequality. She is currently studying the effects of environmental toxicants on social behavior, as well as embarking on new projects in law and economics. Prof. Reyes received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, focusing her studies in the areas of labor economics, public finance, and health economics.
The title of this presentation is: Thinking Structurally about Structural Environmental Racism: Lead as a Case Study
Students and Postdocs: We will host an (in-person only) Trainee Session with Prof. Wolpaw Reyes from 12:00 – 12:45pm ET (before the presentation). This is a chance forstudents and postdocsto meet privately with our speaker to discuss research interests, career advice, funding opportunities, etc. Space is limited. RSVP required for the Trainee Session (not required for the main presentation). Please check back for more details (i.e location, etc.).