James Nolan, MPH
Manager, Community Engagement
Medicine
School of Medicine

james.nolan@ucsf.edu

James Earl Schier Nolan, MPH, is the Associate Director of the WSPEHSU and Associate director of the Community Engagement Core at the Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center. Mr. Nolan graduated from Seattle University, double majoring in Sociology and Gender Studies, and from UC Berkeley with a Masters of Public Health.

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He focuses on addressing social determinants of health and structural violence at the intersections of environmental injustices, with an emphasis on diversifying STEM fields and harnessing local assets through community based participatory research (CBPR). This approach helps to build awareness, expand capacity and engages community members in co-designing more relevant and effective health interventions. He has managed several participatory action-driven research projects including the COSECHA Study on Latine teens’ exposures to pesticides during puberty, the LUCIR Study on Latines’ exposures to carcinogens in cleaning products during their normal cleaning routines, the Richmond Youth Air Quality Initiative on intra-neighborhood air pollution disparities, helped coordinate the AIM Study on indoor air pollution from gas stoves, and led community informed projects, organizational partnerships, trainings, presentations, workshops, web development and multimedia including a Spanish Radio Novella series, a bilingual animated PSA mini-series, a mural and a zine. At the WSPEHSU, he has led major patient and healthcare professional education projects and system integration integration efforts, including mentorship and courses for undergraduates and medical students.

Awards

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  • Staff Advisory Council Recognition and Reward Award, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 2021
  • Staff Advisory Council Recognition and Reward Award, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 2020
  • Peronteau Award for Leadership and Scholarship, Seattle University, 2012
  • Shemanski Scholar, Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Testamentary Trust, 2012

Education & Training

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  • BA Sociology, Women and Gender Studies Seattle University
  • MPH Health and Social Behavior University of California Berkeley

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Publications (5)

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Air Pollution, IndoorVolatile Organic CompoundsEndocrine DisruptorsAir Pollutants, OccupationalSulfur DioxideVentilationHazardous SubstancesAir PollutionCommunity ParticipationHealth Status DisparitiesSocial JusticeCookingNitrogen DioxideAir PollutantsHealth Education