The WEST Environmental Justice Center is one of 17 centers in the EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) Program and was established to serve EPA’s Region 9. The Center is powered by a collaborative coalition of academic and community-based partners with extensive networks with state and local government agencies, Tribal nations, Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), state offices of rural health, primary care associations, and other community-based organizations across the region.
Hawai‘i Public Health Institute (HIPHI)
Makamae Namahoe
Gendalin Amram
Indigenous Resilience Center
Larson Institute for Health Impact and Equity
Gerold Dermid
Director, Larson Institute
Kelly Morning
Assistant Director, Larson Institute
Participatory Evaluation Institute
Maia Ingram
Katy Ortiz y Pino
Public Health Institute
Karya Lustig
Carmen Nevarez
Sonora Environmental Research Institute
Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC)
Sofia Forier-Montes
USC – Environmental Justice Research Lab
Jill Johnston
Director of Community Engagement, Environmental Justice Research Lab
Elizabeth Kamai
Environmental Epidemiologist, Environmental Justice Research Lab
