State of the Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment: Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2025)
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Proceedings of a Workshop Series
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COMMITTEE ON STATE-OF-THE-SCIENCE AND THE FUTURE OF CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
WEIHSUEH A. CHIU (Chair), Texas A&M University
JULIA G. BRODY, Silent Spring Institute
ZHEN CONG, Chapman University
DEBORAH A. CORY-SLECHTA, University of Rochester Medical School
ANDREW L. DANNENBERG, University of Washington, Seattle
MIA V. GALLO, University at Albany, The State University of New York
RIMA HABRE, University of Southern California
JERREED D. IVANICH, Colorado School of Public Health
JONATHAN I. LEVY, Boston University School of Public Health
EMMANUEL CRISANTO “CRIS” B. LIBAN, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
KRISTEN MALECKI, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health
RACHEL A. MORELLO-FROSCH, University of California, Berkeley
DAVID J. G. SLUSKY, University of Kansas
YOSHIRA “YOSHI” ORNELAS VAN HORNE, University of California, Los Angeles
COURTNEY G. WOODS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
LAUREN ZEISE, California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Health Hazard Assessment (retired)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
KATHRYN Z. GUYTON, Study Director
ELIZABETH BOYLE, Senior Program Officer
ANTHONY DEPINTO, Program Officer
MILES LANSING, Program Coordinator
AUSTIN SCHEETZ, Program Officer
JOHN BEN SOILEAU, Program Officer
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
FRANK W. DAVIS (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara
DANA BOYD BARR, Emory University
WEIHSUEH A. CHIU, Texas A&M University
FRANCESCA DOMINICI, Harvard University
BENOS N. EGOH, University of California, Irvine
CORIE A. ELLISON, The Procter & Gamble Company
MAHMUD FAROOQUE, Arizona State University
MARIE C. FORTIN, Merck
SUSAN P. HARRISON, University of California, Davis
MARIE L. MIRANDA, University of Illinois Chicago
MELISSA J. PERRY, George Mason University
SACOBY M. WILSON, University of Maryland, College Park
TRACEY J. WOODRUFF, University of California, San Francisco
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
CLIFFORD S. DUKE, Board Director (until May 2025)
NATALIE ARMSTRONG, Program Officer
ANTHONY DEPINTO, Program Officer
KATHRYN Z. GUYTON, Senior Program Officer
LAURA LLANOS, Finance Business Partner
THOMASINA LYLES, Senior Program Assistant
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIETY
MICHAEL P. VANDENBERGH (Chair), Vanderbilt University Law School
BILAL M. AYYUB, University of Maryland, College Park
EDUARDO S. BRONDIZIO (NAS), Indiana University Bloomington
LISA DILLING, Environmental Defense Fund
MARY H. HAYDEN, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
STEPHEN H. LINDER, University of Texas School of Public Health
GLEN MACDONALD (NAS), University of California, Los Angelos
GARY E. MACHLIS, Clemson University
BENJAMIN PRESTON, Pardee RAND Graduate School
JESSE RIBOT, American University School of International Service
JACKIE QATALIÑA SCHAEFFER, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
MADELINE SCHOMBURG, Energy Futures Initiative Foundation
BENJAMIN K. SOVACOOL, Boston University Department of Earth & Environment
ADELLE THOMAS, Climate Analytics
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
STACEY GIROUX, Associate Board Director
BOARD ON POPULATION HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
JEWEL MULLEN (Chair), University of Texas at Austin
MARCELLA ALSAN, Harvard University
ANA V. DIEZ ROUX, Drexel University
LAURA HERRERA SCOTT, Former Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health
DORA HUGHES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
TAMARRA JAMES-TODD, Harvard University
NICOLA KLEIN, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California
MARGARET MOSS (HIDATSA/DAKHÓTA), University of Minnesota School of Nursing
THERESE S. RICHMOND, University of Pennsylvania
JOSHUA SALOMON, Stanford University
MELISSA A. SIMON, Northwestern University
SEAN D. YOUNG, University of California, Irvine
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Board Director
Y. CRYSTI PARK, Program Coordinator
Reviewers
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by STEPHEN H. LINDER, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies.
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Contents
2 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Stressors Impacting Health and Well-Being
Future Vision to Improve Community Health and Well-Being
Stressors Impacting Health and Well-Being
Future Vision of Improved Community Health and Well-Being
4 TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP IN DENVER, COLORADO
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