I work on climate change policy change initiatives for the state of Maryland and nationally. I am also interested in how global environmental issues such as climate change are communicated in such a way as to motivate behavior change. The interplay between peak oil and climate change is another area of interest as is working with communities to solve local and global environmental problems and sustainable development issues.

global warming, climate change, sustainability, global environmental change, peak oil, peak petroleum, disaster preparedness, risk communication, crisis communication, disaster mental health

2000 Inducted into Delta Omega Alpha, Public Health Honor’s Society

1987-1988 American Association of University Women Educational Fellowship

1986 Edith Petrie Brown Award for Outstanding Community Service to Women

1986 Ciba Geigy Award for Outstanding Community Service

1984 Schaible Memorial Award for Outstanding Biology Student of the Year

1984 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Alaska

Parker C and Shapiro S. 2008. Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk: What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family. Praeger Publishers: Westport, CT.

Everly G, Beaton R, Pfefferbaum B, Parker C. Jul-Aug 2008. On Academics: Training for Disaster Response Personnel: The Development of Proposed Core Competencies in Disaster Mental Health. Public Health Reports, 123(4):539-542.

Uddin S, Barnett D, Parker C, Alexander M, Links J. March 2008. Emergency Preparedness: Addressing a Residency Training Gap. Academic Medicine, 83(3):298-304.

Schwartz B, Parker C, Glass T, Hu H. 2006. Global Environmental Change: What Can Health Care Providers and the Environmental Health Community Do About It Now? Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(12):1807-1812.

Barnett D, Parker C, Blodgett D, Wierzba R, Links J. 2006. Understanding radiological and nuclear terrorism as public health threats: Preparedness and response perspectives. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 47:1653-1661. (CME accredited activity)

Parker C, Barnett D, Everly G, Links J. 2006. Expanding Disaster Mental Health Response: A Conceptual Training Framework for Public Health Professionals. International Journal of Disaster Mental Health, 8(2):101-110.

Parker C, Everly G, Barnett D, Links J. 2006. Establishing Evidence-Informed Core Intervention Competencies in Psychological First Aid for Public Health Personnel. International Journal of Disaster Mental Health, 8(2):83-92.

Barnett D, Everly G, Parker C, Links J. 2005. Applying Educational Gaming to Public Health Workforce Emergency Preparedness. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(4): 390-395.

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett D, Fews AL, Parker CL, and Links JM. 2005. The Application of the Haddon Matrix to Public Health Readiness and Response Planning. Environmental Health Perspectives, May;113(5):561-6.

Parker CL, Barnett DJ, Fews AL, Blodgett D, Links JM. 2005. The Road Map to Preparedness: A Competency-Based Approach to All-Hazards Emergency Readiness Training for the Public Health Workforce. Public Health Reports, Sept/Oct;120(5):504-514.

Barnett DJ, Balicer RJ, Blodgett D, Everly GS Jr, Omer SB, Parker CL, and Links JM. 2005. Applying Risk Perception Theory to Public Health Workforce Preparedness Training. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, Nov;11(6 Suppl):S33-S37.

Covich J, Parker C, White V. 2005. The Practice Community Meets the Ivory Tower: A Partnership to Improve Public Health Preparedness. Public Health Reports, 120(Suppl.1):84-90.

Parker C, and Corvalan C. 2000. Summary of the regional workshop on climate variability and change and their health effects in Pacific island countries. Global Change & Human Health, 1(2):132-133.