Lara Cushing

Lara Cushing
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
OccupationResearch scientist
Scientific career
FieldsPublic health
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Websitehttps://erg.berkeley.edu/people/lara-cushing/

Lara J. Cushing is an assistant professor of environmental health sciences and holds the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the Fielding School of Public Health of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[1]

Cushing studies exposures to environmental hazards and their relationship to social inequalities involving race and class. She also studies effects on pregnant women and infants. She addresses the health consequences of living near greenspace, urban heat islands, hazardous materials sites, oil and gas drilling sites and exposure to dangerous chemicals in the air and water. She examines the disparate impacts of global climate change, sea level rise and other issues involving environmental justice.[2][3]

  1. ^ UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (1 October 2021). "Dr. Lara Cushing Appointed to Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health". NewsWire. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ERI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Faculty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).