C+M Center Speaker Series: Dr. Merlin Chowkwanyun on Community Health, Environmental Activism, and Racial Justice: Leveraging Technology for Public Good
On September 12, 2022, the C+M Center hosted Dr. Merlin Chowkwanyun, the Donald H. Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He is also a core faculty member of the University’s Center for History and Ethics of Public Health, an affiliate of the History department and the Data Science Institute, and PI on the NSF-funded project, ToxicDocs.org, a depository of once-secret documents on industrial poisons.
Dr. Chowkwanyun’s work examines the history of community health, environmental health regulation, racial inequality, and social movement/activism around health. His newest book is All Health Politics is Local: Community Battles over Medical Care and Environmental Health.