Pediatric Environmental Health Radio

Episode 2: Childhood Cancer, the Environment and the Role of Community Health Workers with Mark Miller, MD, MPH, and Erica Guerrero MS, MPAS, PA-C.


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• Mark Miller MD, MPH is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He is also the Director Emeritus of the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU) at UCSF lead for the National PEHSU Childhood Cancer and the Environment Program. He was the director of the Community Outreach and Translation Core of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment at UC Berkeley (CIRCLE). He received his medical degree and completed a Pediatric residency at Michigan State University. He received his Masters in Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley and completed a residency with the California Department of Health Services in Preventive Medicine. Erica Guerrero, MS, MPAS, PA-C, is a PA (Physician Assistant) in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso. Erica began working with the Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health (SWCPEH) in 2018 as a principal collaborator. The opportunity to work with SWCPEH has sparked a deeper interest in issues related to pediatric environmental health. Additionally, she is passionate about environmental health and health issues along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Resources:
• View the Childhood Cancer and the Environment home page.
• View the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit.
• View the Childhood Cancer & the Environment flipbook in English, and in Español.
• Childhood Cancer & the Environment Factsheet in English, and in Español.
• Find Your PEHSU Expert: https://www.pehsu.net/findhelp/
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