Andrea M. Hricko , M.P.H Associate Professor of Clinical
Director, Community Outreach and Education, Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center Andrea Hricko is Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine and Director of Community Outreach and Education for the NIEHS-supported Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center and of the Community Outreach and Translation Core in the NIEHS/EPA-supported Children's Environmental Health Center. Her interests include translating research findings into public health and policy initiatives; developing community-university partnerships; providing advice and information to policymakers and the public about the effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures on human health; and empowering community-based organizations to educate their communities and local policymakers about these issues. Ms. Hricko is a leader in the efforts to make health a priority in the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports expansion debate. She is nationally known for her work in this area and serves on the U.S. EPA National Environmental Justice Committee?s Working Group on Ports and Goods Movement.Research Interests
Community outreach and translation; environmental and health policy; air pollution; children's health; occupational and environmental health; Health and community impacts of international trade, ports and goods movement; community-based participatory research and education.
Degrees
University of North Carolina, MPH, 1971
Connecticut College, New London, CT, BA, 1967
Internships
U.S. Indian Health Service, Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Warm Springs, OR, - 1970
Fellowships
U.S. Public Health Service Traineeship, 1969 - 1971
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2001 - 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 1994 - 1997
Contributing author, Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S, Department of Health and Human Services, 1993 - 1994
KCBS-TV, Writer/Producer, Los Angeles, CA , 1983 - 1993
Director, Program on Toxic Chemical Disclosure, City of Santa Monica, CA, 1981 - 1982
American Labor Education Center, Washington D.C., 1979 - 1981
Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP), University of California, Berkeley, 1975 - 1979
Occupational Health and Safety Policy Analyst, Health Research, 1971 - 1975
Policy Analyst, Center for Study of Responsive Law (directed by Ralph Nader), Washington, D.C., 1970 - 1971
US Public Health Service, Injury Control Unit, Boston, MA, 1967 - 1969
Awards
Delta Omega National Honorary Public Health Society, 1970
Southern California Golden Mike and Emmy awards, and national RTNDA (Radio-T.V. News Directors Association) award for a number of television news segments and broadcast specials on health, environment and consumer issues, 1994
California Environmental Health Association award for series of television news reports, 1993
William Steiger Memorial Award for distinguished contributions in occupational health, awarded at the American Industrial Hygiene Convention and Exhibition, 1997
Clean Air Award for Environmental Stewardship from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, 2004
Clean Air Award for translating scientific research findings on air pollution and health in ways that are understandable to the public from the Coalition for Clean Air, Los Angeles, CA , 2006
Academic Angel Award. Coalition for a Safe Environment (organization that works on port-related health issues), 2006
Statewide Leadership Award. American Lung Association of California. Award given to the Children, 2007
25th Anniversary Award for Community Service in Environmental Health. Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, 2008
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Memberships
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Awards Review Panel for Alice Hamilton Educational Materials Award
American Lung Association
Academic Team Advisory Board, Latino Health Access, Santa Ana, CA
Member, California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality
Community Health Advisory Council, Healthy Homes Collaborative, Los Angeles County Health Department
Advisory Committee for POWER, a youth environmental leadership project of Concerned Citizens of South Central and UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program
Air Quality Task Force for the City of Huntington Park
Steering Committees for the Elizabeth Learning Center's Health and Information Technology Academies
Advisory Board member, California Environmental Rights Alliance
Advisory Committee, UCLA Health Policy Research Center program funded by CDC/ATSDR
Environmental Curriculum Standards Committee, State Department of Education. Committee set up in response to new legislation mandating environmental science standards for public schools
Environmental Health Advisory Committee, Physicians for Social Responsibility, LA
Member, Community Environmental Subcommittee. Los Angeles Unified School District, Environmental Health and Safety Department
Member, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Transportation Research Board's Subcommittee on School Transportation
Health & Environmental Justice Committee & General Plan Committee, City of Commerce
Member, Governor of California's Cabinet-Level Goods Movement Action Plan Integrating Work Group
Member, Southern California Association of Governments Goods Movement Task Force
Member, Multi-County Goods Movement Action Plan Stakeholders Advisory Group
Member, Environment and Community Committee for State Senator Alan Lowenthal
K?i N, McConnell R, Bates D, Bastain T, Hricko A, Lurmann F, Avol E, Gilliland F, and Peters J. Breathless in Los Angeles: The Exhausting Search for Clean Air. Am J Public Health 93(9):1494- 1499, 2003.
Hricko A. Road to an Unhealthy Future for Southern California's Children. USC Urban Initiatives Public Policy Briefing. August 2004.
Hricko A. Road to an Unhealthy Future for Southern California's Children. USC Urban Initiatives Public Policy Briefing. August 2004.
Hricko A, Saltzman J, Executive Producers; Markuze K, producer. ?A Breath of Air: What Pollution is Doing to Our Children.? 28-minute documentary video on the USC Children's Health Study. Funded by the California Air Resources Board and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, English version 2002. Spanish version, 2004.
Hricko A. Ships, trucks, and trains: effects of goods movement on environmental health. (Guest editorial). Environ Health Perspect 114(4):A204-5, 2006.
Hricko AM. Ambient Air Pollution: An Issue for Schools. Chapter 12 in "Safe and Healthy Schools." Oxford University Press. Editor: Howard Frumkin. 2006.
K?i N, Perez L, Lurmann F, Hricko A, Penfold B, McConnell R. An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations. Epidemiology 19(2): 179-185. 2008.
Hricko, A. Global Trade Comes Home: Community Impacts of Goods Movement. Environ Health Perspect 116(2): A78-81, 2008.
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