Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, M.P.A., Ph.D. is an associate professor of Environmental Science with joint appointments in the College of Public Health and Global Change at the University of Arizona (UA). Dr. Ramírez-Andreotta is the Director of two co-created community science programs called Gardenroots and Project Harvest, partnering with EJ communities to answer their research questions. She is also the Director of the University of Arizona’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program’s Research Translation Core, serving as a boundary-spanning individual and facilitating communication of research findings to all stakeholders. With a PhD in Soil, Water and Environmental Science and a minor in Art, she is a transdisciplinary researcher in the purest sense. She received a B.A. degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, a B.A. degree in Studio Art with a minor in Spanish, and a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University. She was the recipient of the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, the 2018 Science and Engineering Excellence Award for Campus-Community Outreach for STEM Diversity, 14th Annual Karen Wetterhahn Award from NIEHS, selected for the 2016 U.S. – Mexico Border Health Commission’s Leaders Across Borders Program, and completed a Science and Art Communication Fellowship. Since 2020, she has been serving as an associate editor for Environmental Justice and Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (as of May 2022 she now sits on the Editorial Review Board).is an associate professor of Environmental Science with joint appointments in the College of Public Health and Global Change at the University of Arizona (UA).

Semra Aytur, PhD, MPH, Co-Chair of NH HWCA’s Climate Justice Working Group, will be introducing the speaker and moderating the Q&A.

This event is co-sponsored by the Manchester NAACP and the NH Public Health Association.