Douglas Brugge

Doug Brugge has a PhD in cellular and developmental biology from Harvard University and a MS in industrial hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health.  He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  For over a decade, he has directed the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health, a series of community-based participatory research projects funded by NIEHS, NHLBI, NLM, EPA, HUD and the Kresge Foundation.  CAFEH has about 200 publications, including over 50 on traffic-related ultrafine particle pollution and their association with health.  He has worked in community-collaborations with many neighborhoods.