Laurel Berman, PhD '05, MS '02
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Contact
Building & Room:
175 Thomas Beckham Hall
Email:
CV Download:
Office Hours
| Sunday | ||
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| Monday | 04:50pm – 05:50pm | PUBH 411 - after class in Burnham Hall |
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| Wednesday | 05:45pm – 06:45pm | PUBH 360 - after class on Zoom |
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Selected Grants
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Culture of Health Leaders Program, Team Lead
Selected Publications
Berman, L., & Whitehead, S. (Eds.) (2019). Land Reuse and Redevelopment: Creating Healthy Communities. Denver, CO: National Environmental Health Association.
Berman, L., Whitehead, S., & DeFlorio-Barker, S. (2019). Integrating Public Health in Land Reuse and Redevelopment: Part 2: Assessing Local Health Agency Capacity to Integrate Environmental Health and Land Reuse Work. Journal of Environmental Health, 81(9), 36-39.
Berman, L., Ballogg, M., & Erdal, S. (2019). Integrating Public Health in Land Reuse and Redevelopment: Part 1: A 5-step Land Reuse and Redevelopment Model: Resources to Spur Local Initiatives, Journal of Environmental Health, 85(2), 36-38.
Berman, L., Unkart, S., Lewin, M., Labbo, R., Shareef, H., & Fowler, D. (2025). Development, evaluation, and long-term outcomes of environmental health and land reuse training, part 2—Environmental health and land reuse training for environmental health professionals: Long-term follow-up. Journal of Environmental Health, 88(2), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.70387/001c.144001
Morar, C., Berman, L., Erdal, S., Niemets, L. (Eds.) (2024). Achieving Sustainability in Ukraine through Military Brownfields Redevelopment. Springer, The Netherlands. Achieving Sustainability in Ukraine through Military Brownfields Redevelopment | SpringerLink
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (2024). Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition, Berman, L. and Cohn, E. (Eds.), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA. unm.edu/population-health/_documents/principles-of-community-engagement_3rd-edition.pdf
Berman L, Morar C, DeGrane L, Unkart S, Erdal S. Brownfields in Romania and the United States: A Visual Tour. J Environ Health. 2022 Dec;85(5):28-38. PMID: 37204986; PMCID: PMC10190036.
Berman L, Morar C, Unkart S, Erdal S. An Overview of Brownfields Redevelopment in the United States Through Regulatory, Public Health, and Sustainability Lenses. J Environ Health. 2022 May;84(9):8-14. PMID: 37200802; PMCID: PMC10191173.
Berman, L. (2021). Beautiful Ruin: Creating Healthfields. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.98464
Berman, L. (Ed.) (2020). Land Reuse and Redevelopment: Creating Healthy Communities. Atlanta, GA: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Publications | ATSDR Land Reuse Health Program
Notable Honors
2016-2019, Culture of Health Leaders Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2018, Excellence in Program Delivery - Domestic, National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
2016, ClearMark Award, Center for Plain Language
2013, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Achievement, University of Illinois School of Public Health
2023, Silver Circle Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Illinois Chicago
Education
Ph.D., Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, with specialty in industrial hygiene, human exposure and risk assessment, and toxicology. September 2005.
M.S., Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, with a special focus on the AIHA-accredited Industrial Hygiene Program. June 2002.
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Professional Memberships
Brownfields & Reuse Opportunity Working Group - Founder
Federal Partners Brownfields Working Group
Federal Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group
NCEH-ATSDR Built Environment Workgroup
US-Central-Eastern Europe Brownfields and Public Health Working Group - Founder
Chicago Section Society for Risk Analysis (Officer)