SCI Contributors
Leadership Team
Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH
Director, Occupational and Environmental Health, SFDPH
Project Director, Sustainable Communities Index. Provides training and technical assisstance on SCI applications and adaptations nationally and internationally.
Cynthia Comerford Scully, MA
Senior Health Program Planner, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Responsible for selection and documentation of Housing and Environmental Stewardship indicator methods. Guides geo-spatial representation of data.
Megan Gaydos, MPH
Planning and Policy Analyst, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Responsible for selection and documentation of Healthy Economy and Community indicator methods
Lili Farhang, MPH
Co-Director, Human Impact Partners
Original project coordinator for the HDMT. Supports adaptations and applications of the SCI nationally.
Edmund Seto, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Provides technical assisstance on SCI methodology for exposure modeling, remote sensing, and mapping.
Megan Wier, MPH
Health and Transportation Team Leader, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Responsible for selection and documentation of transportation indicator methods
Meg Wall, MPH
Health and City Planning Team Leader, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Meg Wall, MPH, is is an Epidemiologist for the Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability and is the manager of SFDPH's Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT), a comprehensive toolkit for advancing human health through urban planning and development. Meg's work entails coordinating regular updates of the tool's over 100 indicators of urban health and sustainability, maintaining the the currency of all research and best practices presented on the HDMT website, coordinating an annual HDMT training, and serving as a public point of contact for all inquiries related to the HDMT. Most recently, Meg completed an assessment of health related environmental and social conditions in Bayview Hunters Point for the San Francisco Healthy Homes Project, a project of the San Francisco Department of Environment, using indicators from the HDMT. In addition to managing the HDMT, Meg works on various additional projects related to public infrastructure, including food access and parks.
Responsible for selection and documentation of Public Realm and Education indicator methods and the Healthy Development Checklist. Conducts SCI applications in San Francisco.
Contributors
The following individuals have contributed to SCI data:
Stephanie Cowles, Environmental Exposure Analyst, San Francisco Public Health Foundation
Lindsey Realmuto, MPH, Health Program Planner, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Meg Wall, MPH, is is an Epidemiologist for the Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability and is the manager of SFDPH's Sustainable Communities Index (SCI), a comprehensive toolkit for advancing human health through urban planning and development. Meg's work entails coordinating regular updates of the tool's over 100 indicators of urban health and sustainability, maintaining the the currency of all research and best practices presented on the SCI website, coordinating an annual HDMT training, and serving as a public point of contact for all inquiries related to the SCI. Most recently, Meg completed an assessment of health related environmental and social conditions in Bayview Hunters Point for the San Francisco Healthy Homes Project, a project of the San Francisco Department of Environment, using indicators from the SCI. In addition to managing the HDMT, Meg works on various additional projects related to public infrastructure, including food access and parks.
Michael Harris, Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Health Section, SFDPH
Tom Rivard, MPH, REHS, San Francisco Resident
Meg Wall, MPH, is is an Epidemiologist for the Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability and is the manager of SFDPH's Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT), a comprehensive toolkit for advancing human health through urban planning and development. Meg's work entails coordinating regular updates of the tool's over 100 indicators of urban health and sustainability, maintaining the the currency of all research and best practices presented on the HDMT website, coordinating an annual HDMT training, and serving as a public point of contact for all inquiries related to the HDMT. Most recently, Meg completed an assessment of health related environmental and social conditions in Bayview Hunters Point for the San Francisco Healthy Homes Project, a project of the San Francisco Department of Environment, using indicators from the HDMT. In addition to managing the HDMT, Meg works on various additional projects related to public infrastructure, including food access and parks.
Acknowledgements (top)
We would like to thank the Community Council of the Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment for their generous commitment to the process and to the development of this Tool. We also thank the many former members of the SFDPH ENCHIA team for their contributions to various aspects of project design and implementation.
Community Council Participants
Beth Altshuler, San Francisco Food Alliance
Gretchen Ames, Low Income Investment Fund
Larry Bain, Jardiniere / Nextcourse
Judith Baker, South of Market Family Resource Center
Joe Boss, Potrero Boosters
Jerin Browne, People Organized to Win Employment Rights
Angelica Cabande, South of Market Community Action Network
Emily Classon, Mission Community Council
Peter Cohen, Asian Neighborhood Design
Jazzie Collins, Mission SRO Collaborative
Jeff Condit, Neighborhood Parks Council
Erin Coppin, Low Income Investment Fund
Emily Drennen, Walk San Francisco
Tim Dunn, Tenants and Owners Development Corporation
Scott Falcone, Citizen's Housing Corporation
Kyle Fiore, Mission Community Council
Aumijos Gomes, San Francisco Youth Works
Luis Granados, Mission Economic Development Association
Oscar Grande, People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights
Bob Hernandez, SEIU Local 790
Lila Hussein, Urban Habitat
Wesley Kirkman, Walk San Francisco
Ezra Mersey, Jackson Pacific Ventures
Fernando Marti, Asian Neighborhood Design
Cindy Mendoza, South of Market Employment Center
Elyse Miller, San Francisco General Hospital
Steven Moss, San Francisco Power Co-operative
Charlie O'Hanlon, Charlie's Place
Paul Okamoto, Okamoto Saijo Architecture
Tom Radulovich, Transportation for a Livable City
Stephanie Rosenfeld, SEIU Local 790
Leah Shahum, San Francisco Bike Coalition
Andrea Spagat, Center for Human Development
Debra Stein, GCA Strategies
Andy Thornley, San Francisco Bike Coalition
April Veneracion, South of Market Community Action Network
Steven Vettel, Morrison & Foerster
Linda Weiner, American Lung Association
Bruce Wolfe, San Francisco Community Land Trust
Participating Government Agencies
Greg Asay, Board of Supervisors
Angela Calvillo, Board of Supervisors
Christina Carpenter, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Miriam Chion, San Francisco Planning Department
Sue Exline, San Francisco Planning Department
Officer Glen Ghiselli, San Francisco Police Department
David Habert, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Maria X. Martinez, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Teresa Ojeda, San Francisco Planning Department
Captain Albert Pardini, San Francisco Police Department
Rachel Redondiez, Board of Supervisors
Eileen Ross, San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic
Joe Speaks, Municipal Transportation Authority
Lydia Zaverukha, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
Technical Advisors
David Booher, Center for Collaborative Policy
Jason Corburn, Columbia University
Larry Frank, University of British Colombia
Richard Hofrichter, National Association of County and City Health Officials
Alex Kelter, CA Department of Health Services
Sara Liss-Katz, HOK
Marya Morris, American Planning Association
Kevin Nelson, USEPA Smart Growth Office
Valerie Rogers, National Association of County and City Health Officials
Doug Shoemaker, Non-profit Housing Association of Northern California
