My work

Research

My research includes disputes over environmental causation of illness, community response to toxic waste-induced disease, biomonitoring and household exposure to toxics, environmental health research ethics, health social movements, and the Jewish experience in the Catskill Mountains resort area.

Portfolio

  • SSEHRI
    SSEHRI (Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute) SSEHRI serves as a center for transdisciplinary environmental health research, writing new research proposals, producing publications, and preparing young scholars for careers in social…
  • Biomonitoring, Household exposure, and Report back
    The SSEHRI Report-Back Lab, led by Phil Brown, does biomonitoring and household exposure studies, and applies innovative methods of reporting data back to participants. We have pioneered this ethically-driven report-back approach…
  • Health Social Movements:
    Stemming from the women’s health movement, the Black Panther Party’s health activism, and other early health activism, many groups sprang up around health issues, including many driven by patients dealing…
  • Catskills
    An organization to promote research and education on the significance of the Catskill Mountains for Jewish-American life. At the turn of the 19th century the celebrated Jewish resort area started…
  • PROTECT
    Supported with funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Superfund Research Program, the PROTECT Center studies exposure to environmental contamination in Puerto Rico and its contribution to adverse pregnancy…
  • Publications & Work
    Take a look at my publications such as books, monographs, and articles. For more information download my CV here. Published Books and Monographs Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown (eds.), Summer…