Human Centered Research & Socially Conscious Action: Students in Dialogue

Davis-Faulkner, Sheri; Gaskins, Nettrice; Ingber, Susan Zells; Rolfe, Rebecca; Sharpe, Danielle; Waugh, Steven; Royster, Jacqueline J.

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Human Centered Research & Socially Conscious Action: Students in Dialogue

dc.contributor.author	Davis-Faulkner, Sheri	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gaskins, Nettrice	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ingber, Susan Zells	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rolfe, Rebecca	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sharpe, Danielle	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Waugh, Steven	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Royster, Jacqueline J.	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. College of Liberal Arts	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Public Policy	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Literature, Media, and Communication	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of History, Technology, and Society	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of International Affairs	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-26T16:51:27Z
dc.date.available	2013-03-26T16:51:27Z
dc.date.issued	2013-03-13
dc.description	Student discussion panel from the Annual Ivan Allen college Founder's day celebration held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the Gordy Room of the Wardlaw Center at Georgia Tech..	en_US
dc.description	Runtime: 62:18 minutes	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Susan Zells Ingber - I have completed a number of research projects and other work that addressed the theme of Human-Centered Research and Socially Conscious Action primarily within the realm of human health. For example, I recently wrote a research paper comparing the scientific methodologies employed by molecular epidemiologists versus the citizen-expert alliances involved in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley environmental justice movement to prove or disprove community health risks and problems associated with chemical exposures. My analysis suggested that the biomedicalization of environment — and ultimately risk — resulting from the advent of biomarkers in the molecular epidemiology discipline has created a lay-scientific culture clash. I found that these two populations differed not only on how environment should be represented in risk assessment (molecular, internal, and individualistic versus macro, external, and community-oriented) but also with regard to how risk should be enacted, as well as applied to the populations under study. In closing, I proposed that the culture clash around risk also reflects an epidemiological valuation of expertise dependent on honing reliable methodologies to understand how disease manifests rather than on producing knowledge that can affect social change. Previously, I conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of human epidemiological case studies assessing the relationship between exposure to the pesticide DDT and the risk of breast cancer in the female population as a summer intern at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. My research will be used to update the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) Toxicological Profiles, a Congressionally-mandated series of peer-reviewed publications on potentially hazardous chemicals found at National Priority List (NPL) sites. They serve as authoritative statements on the health and toxicological properties of these substances, aimed at informing the general public as well as clinicians, state and local health departments, and other government agencies. In addition, I participated as a research consultant on a policy analysis project for which I conducted a research synthesis of the scientific literature assessing the human health impact of urban heat islands. The project aimed to help the Singapore government and European Institute for Energy Research develop mitigation strategies and policies that would maximize societal benefits.	en_US
dc.format.extent	62:18 minutes
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/46495
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	IAC Founder's Day Celebration
dc.subject	Human centered research	en_US
dc.subject	Social consciousness	en_US
dc.subject	Ivan Allen College	en_US
dc.subject	Ivan Allen Founder’s Day	en_US
dc.title	Human Centered Research & Socially Conscious Action: Students in Dialogue	en_US
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dc.type.genre	Lecture
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