Lara J. Cushing’s research focuses on the racial justice implications of disparities in exposure to environmental health hazards in the U.S. She has assessed the health consequences of environmental and climate-related exposures for pregnant women and infants, and used epidemiological and geospatial methods to investigate questions of environmental justice in the context of urban greenspace, man-made chemicals, oil and gas development, drinking water quality, extreme heat and sea level rise.
Center Affiliations
- UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions
- Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
- UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
Education
- PhD, Energy & Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- BS, Molecular Environmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
