Dr. Richard Jackson, a professor of environmental health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been selected to receive the Henry Hope Reed Award from the University of Notre Dame.
He is being recognized for his contributions to a greater understanding of the impact of livable and sustainable urban design on health. The award, which includes a $50,000 prize, will be made during a ceremony on March 9.
Jackson’s research examines the environmental impacts on health, including toxicology, chemical body burderns, terrorism, sustainability, climate change, urban design and architecture. A pediatrician, he has served in many leadership positions in both environmental health and infectious disease with the California Health Department, including the highest as the State Health Officer. For nine years he was director of the the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Environmental Health in Atlanta.
He is the author of the books, "Urban Sprawl and Public Health" (Island Press, 2004), and "Making Healthy Places" (Island Press, 2011). He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
Learn more in this announcement from the University of Notre Dame.
