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Rachel Morello-Frosch is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of Environmental Science.

Their research focuses on several interconnected areas, including health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, as well as sociology and political science, environmental chemistry, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and global and planetary change. The main topics covered in their work include air quality and health impacts, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, environmental justice and health disparities, birth, development, and health, climate change and health impacts, toxic organic pollutants impact, and the effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Recent publications by Morello-Frosch include studies addressing the association between historical redlining practices and present-day environmental and health outcomes. Notable papers are:

  • "Historical Redlining Is Associated with Present-Day Air Pollution Disparities in U.S. Cities" (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Redlines and Greenspace: The Relationship between Historical Redlining and 2010 Greenspace across the United States" (2021), published in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Associations between historical residential redlining and current age-adjusted rates of emergency department visits due to asthma across eight cities in California: an ecological study" (2020), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort" (2023), published in American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Associations between historical redlining and birth outcomes from 2006 through 2015 in California" (2020), published in PLoS ONE

Morello-Frosch collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Tracey J. Woodruff, Amy Padula, Dana E. Goin, Stephanie M. Eick, and Lara Cushing.

Their work has been published across several academic venues. The most frequent include ISEE Conference Abstracts, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Health, and Environment International.

Beyond journal articles, Morello-Frosch has contributed to book publications as well, including a work published by Rutgers University Press titled Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition (2022).

Best Publications

  • Historical Redlining Is Associated with Present-Day Air Pollution Disparities in U.S. Cities

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  • Environmental Justice and Southern California’s “Riskscape” The Distribution of Air Toxics Exposures and Health Risks among Diverse Communities

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Manuel Pastor;James Sadd

  • Separate and Unequal: Residential Segregation and Estimated Cancer Risks Associated with Ambient Air Toxics in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Bill M. Jesdale

  • Understanding the cumulative impacts of inequalities in environmental health: implications for policy.

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Miriam Zuk;Michael Jerrett;Bhavna Shamasunder

  • The Three R's: How Community Based Participatory Research Strengthens the Rigor, Relevance and Reach of Science.

    Carolina L. Balazs;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • Maternal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Term Birth Weight: A Multi-Country Evaluation of Effect and Heterogeneity

    Payam Dadvand;Jennifer Parker;Michelle L. Bell;Matteo Bonzini

  • The environmental "riskscape" and social inequality: implications for explaining maternal and child health disparities.

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Edmond D. Shenassa

  • Environmental Justice and Regional Inequality in Southern California: Implications for Future Research

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Manuel Pastor;Carlos Porras;James Sadd

  • The riskscape and the color line: Examining the role of segregation in environmental health disparities

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Russ Lopez

  • The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation

    Bill M. Jesdale;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Lara Cushing

  • The Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Health of Everyone: The Relationship Between Social Inequality and Environmental Quality

    Lara Cushing;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Madeline Wander;Manuel Pastor

  • Redlines and Greenspace: The Relationship between Historical Redlining and 2010 Greenspace across the United States.

    Anthony Nardone;Kara E. Rudolph;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Joan A. Casey

  • Associations between historical residential redlining and current age-adjusted rates of emergency department visits due to asthma across eight cities in California: an ecological study.

    Anthony Nardone;Joan A Casey;Joan A Casey;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Mahasin Mujahid

  • The Air is Always Cleaner on the Other Side: Race, Space, and Ambient Air Toxics Exposures in California

    Manuel Pastor;Rachel Morello-Frosch;James L. Sadd

  • Elevated house dust and serum concentrations of PBDEs in California: unintended consequences of furniture flammability standards?

    Ami R. Zota;Ruthann A. Rudel;Rachel A. Morello-Frosch;Julia Green Brody

  • Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Residential Segregation, and Spatial Variation in Noise Exposure in the Contiguous United States.

    Joan A. Casey;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Daniel J. Mennitt;Kurt Fristrup

  • Birth Weight following Pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California Wildfires

    David M. Holstius;Colleen E. Reid;Bill M. Jesdale;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • Associations between prenatal maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and birth outcomes among pregnant women in San Francisco

    Stephanie M. Eick;Elizabeth K. Hom Thepaksorn;Monika A. Izano;Lara J. Cushing

  • Semivolatile endocrine-disrupting compounds in paired indoor and outdoor air in two northern California communities.

    Ruthann A. Rudel;Robin E. Dodson;Laura J. Perovich;Rachel Morello-Frosch

  • Social disparities in nitrate-contaminated drinking water in California's San Joaquin Valley.

    Carolina Balazs;Rachel Morello-Frosch;Alan Hubbard;Isha Ray

  • Ambient air pollution exposure and full-term birth weight in California

    Rachel Morello-Frosch;Bill M Jesdale;James L Sadd;Manuel Pastor

  • Response to Comment on “Elevated House Dust and Serum Concentrations of PBDEs in California: Unintended Consequences of Furniture Flammability Standards?”

    Ami R. Zota;Ruthann A. Rudel;Rachel A. Morello-Frosch;Julia Green Brody

Frequent Co-Authors

Phil Brown
Phil Brown Northeastern University
Manuel Pastor
Manuel Pastor University of Southern California
Tracey J. Woodruff
Tracey J. Woodruff Stanford University
Ruthann A. Rudel
Ruthann A. Rudel Silent Spring Institute
Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles
Mahasin S. Mujahid
Mahasin S. Mujahid University of California, Berkeley
Jason G. Su
Jason G. Su University of California, Berkeley
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes University of California, Berkeley
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University

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