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My research focuses on the links between environmental health and social justice in cities, notions of expertise in science-based policy making, and the role of local knowledge in addressing environmental and public health problems.

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Brazil’s Favelas Offer Lessons in Building Trust
April 9, 2023

Jason Corburn - Christian Science Monitor - How a Forlorn Playground Became One of America’s Most Innovative Public Spaces

How a Forlorn Playground Became One of America’s Most Innovative Public Spaces
May 24, 2017

Jason Corburn - New York Times - A Focus on Health to Resolve Urban Ills

A Focus on Health to Resolve Urban Ills
April 19, 2017

Study: Advance Peace reducing gun violence in Stockton, Sacramento
March 24, 2021

Jason Corburn - National Public Radio - In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map

In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map
July 17, 2013

Jason Corburn - The Guardian - Urban Health Equity in All Policies

Urban Health Equity in All Policies: A New Science for the City
March 18, 2013

A healing centered approach helps communities write their own public health interventions
December 6, 2021

Interview: Public Health Professor Jason Corburn about COVID-19 in Oakland
September 14, 2020

Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here's how to help
April 27, 2020

How Smart City Planning Could Slow Future Pandemics
May 18, 2020

A very American form of essential work: Gun-violence prevention
May 15, 2020

Urban Health Community of Practice Webinars
May 13, 2020

Are Cities Less Safe In A Public Health Pandemic?
May 1, 2020

Outbreak responses can promote Cities for All: New research by UC Berkekey’s IURD
April 26, 2020

How Civic Intelligence Can Teach What It Means to Be a Citizen
September 1, 2016

Berkeley Team to Assess Impacts of Oakland Unified’s New Lunch System
April 14, 2016

Stress: The Privilege of Health
March 16, 2016

Reconnecting Urban Planning and Public Health
January 29, 2016

New Students Talk Global Poverty in On the Same Page
August 24, 2015

Exhibit Of The Month: Maps Tell Powerful Stories About Children, Neighborhoods, And Possible Policy Solutions
November 25, 2014

Richmond, CA Adopts First Health in All Policies Ordinance
April 20, 2014

Health in Urban Slums Depends on Better Data
March 17, 2014

Refinery Fire Highlights Pollution Concerns
August 9, 2012

'We are Richmond.' A Beleaguered Community Earns Multicultural Clout
June 5, 2012