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Polly Walker
Research Associate
Associate Director, Center for a Livable Future
Academic Degrees
MD, MPH
Departmental Affiliation
Environmental Health Sciences
Departmental Address
Center for a Livable Future
Wolfe Street Building, E2150
Phone: 410-502-7578
Fax: 410-502-7579
Research and Professional Experience

Center for a Livable Future

http://www.jhsph.edu/environment/

Keywords

Environment, sustainable agriculture, food security, ecology

Honors and Awards

Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health ,2001

Maryland Governor’s Citation, 1990

Maryland Environmental Trust Award, 1990

Garden Club of America Award, 1990

Irvine Natural Science Center Conservationist Award, 1989

Selected Publications

Amir Sapkota, Amy R. Sapkota, Margaret Kucharski, Janelle Burke, Shawn McKenzie, Polly Walker and Robert Lawrence. Aquaculture practices and potential human health risks: Current knowledge and future priorities. Environment International, 34 (8): 1215-1226, (Nov 2008)

Lisa Y. Lefferts, Margaret Kucharski, Shawn McKenzie, and Polly Walker. Feed for Food-Producing Animals--A Resource on Ingredients, the Industry, and Regulations. CLF Report, 2007. Download PDF

Amy R. Sapkota, Lisa Y. Lefferts, Shawn McKenzie, and Polly Walker. What Do We Feed to Food Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Public Health. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115 (5): May 2007.

Polly Walker, Pamela Rhubart-Berg, Shawn McKenzie, Kristin Kelling, Robert S. Lawrence. "Public Health Implications of Meat Production and Consumption," Public Health Nutrition 8(4), 348-356, June 2005.

Polly Walker and Robert Lawrence. "Challenges of Greening a Decentralized Campus: Making the Connection to Health". Chapter in: Barlett P and Chase G (Ed).Sustainability on Campus Stories and Strategies for Change. MIT Press, 2004.

Polly Walker and Robert Lawrence. "American Meat: A Threat to Your Health and to the Environment" Published in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics; Vol. IV (1): Winter 2004, Book review of "Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America". By Donald D. Stull and Michael J Broadway. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003. Pp. 172.

Susan DeFrancesco, Janice V. Bowie, Shannon Frattaroli, Lee R. Bone, Polly Walker, and Mark R. Farfel. "The Community Research, Education, and Practice Consortium: Building Institutional Capacity for Community-Based Public Health", Public Health Reports 2002 117: 414-420.

Leo Horrigan , Robert S. Lawrence, Polly Walker. "How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture". Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002 110: 445-456.

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