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Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Ph.D.

Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Ph.D.

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Community and Engagement Core (CEC) 

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Environmental Medicine (SMD)

Professor - Center for Community Health and Prevention - Joint

Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Education

PhD | Duke University. Environment. 1996

MS | Duke University. Environment. 1993

BA | Brown University. Environmental Health Sci. 1989

Awards

Advocate's Spirit Award. 2012

Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award. 2010

Metrojustice Activist of the Year award. 2006

Research

Community Engagement Core

The CEC maintains multidirectional links between environmental health research and the information needs of the community. My primary focus is addressing environmental health information and policy needs of the communities in and around Rochester. I participate...
Community Engagement Core

The CEC maintains multidirectional links between environmental health research and the information needs of the community. My primary focus is addressing environmental health information and policy needs of the communities in and around Rochester. I participate in many local partnerships relating to environmental health including the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, the Rochester Healthy Homes Partnership, the Water Education Collaborative and the Pollution Prevention Institute.

As a policy scientist, most of my research has addressed the role of science in the policy process. I focus on the role of community groups in the policy process, and particularly on how these groups generate, access, and use information.

My outreach work translates environmental health research into relevant policy at the local, state, and federal levels. For example, childhood lead poisoning remains one of the most significant childhood environmental health risks in the Rochester area. I have been an active member of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning since 2001, serving on its Governmental Relations Subcommittee and Executive Committee. Through the Rochester Healthy Homes Partnership, I help to develop and promote programs aimed at reducing home environmental hazards. Other environmental health outreach projects address risks from consuming Lake Ontario fish, concerns about air quality, the environmental contributors to obesity, and water quality.

Many of the articles, reports, and materials listed below are based on my community environmental health work. My recent book, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities, describes how communities can collaborate across systems and sectors to address environmental health disparities; with case studies from Rochester, New York; Duluth, Minnesota; and Southern California.”

Publications

Journal Articles

Moving Forward with Reporting Back Individual Environmental Health Research Results.

Korfmacher KS, Brody JG

Environmental health perspectives.. 2023 December 131 (12):125002. Epub 12/14/2023.

Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Public Health Decision Making in Residential Institutions.

Harris-Lovett S, Nelson KL, Kantor R, Korfmacher KS

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.. 2023 29 (3):317-321. Epub 10/09/2022.

Invited Perspective: Implementation of Wastewater-Based Surveillance Requires Collaboration, Integration, and Community Engagement.

Korfmacher KS, Harris-Lovett S

Environmental health perspectives.. 2022 May 130 (5):51304. Epub 05/26/2022.

Campus Collaborations As a Model for Transforming SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Research into Public Health Action.

Korfmacher KS, Harris-Lovett S, Nelson KL

Environmental science & technology.. 2021 October 555 (19):12770-12772. Epub 09/17/2021.

Remote and Hands-on: Informal Environmental Health Science Education in a Socially Distant World.

Fallone CM, Korfmacher KS, Brosnick L, Markowitz DG

Journal of STEM outreach.. 2021 July 4 (2)Epub 07/19/2021.

Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 on College Campuses: Initial Efforts, Lessons Learned, and Research Needs.

Harris-Lovett S, Nelson KL, Beamer P, Bischel HN, Bivins A, Bruder A, Butler C, Camenisch TD, De Long SK, Karthikeyan S, Larsen DA, Meierdiercks K, Mouser PJ, Pagsuyoin S, Prasek SM, Radniecki TS, Ram JL, Roper DK, Safford H, Sherchan SP, Shuster W, Stalder T, Wheeler RT, Korfmacher KS

International journal of environmental research and public health.. 2021 April 2218 (9)Epub 04/22/2021.

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 on college campuses: Initial efforts, lessons learned and research needs.

Harris-Lovett S, Nelson K, Beamer P, Bischel HN, Bivins A, Bruder A, Butler C, Camenisch TD, Long SK, Karthikeyan S, Larsen DA, Meierdiercks K, Mouser P, Pagsuyoin S, Prasek S, Radniecki TS, Ram JL, Roper DK, Safford H, Sherchan SP, Shuster W, Stalder T, Wheeler RT, Korfmacher KS

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2021 February 3 Epub 02/03/2021.

Bridging Silos: A Research Agenda for Local Environmental Health Initiatives.

Korfmacher KS

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS.. 2020 November 30 (3):173-182. Epub 08/03/2020.

Promoting health equity through the built environment in Duluth, MN: External Resources and Local Evolution Toward Health in All Policies.

Korfmacher KS

Chronicles of health impact assessment.. 2020 October 5 (1)Epub 11/17/2020.

Green space and mental health symptoms in a cardiac rehabilitation population.

Patel, D. M.; Block, R. C.; Chapman, B. P.; Korfmacher, K. S.; van Wijngaarden, E.

Indoor and Built Environment. 2019; .

The Potential for Proactive Housing Inspections to Inform Public Health Interventions.

Korfmacher KS, Holt KD

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.. 2018 24 (5):444-447. Epub 1900 01 01.

Collaborating for Systems Change: A Social Science Framework for Academic Roles in Community Partnerships.

Korfmacher KS, Pettibone KG, Gray KM, Newman OD

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS.. 2016 November 26 (3):429-457. Epub 08/20/2016.

Engaging Communities in Research on Cumulative Risk and Social Stress-Environment Interactions: Lessons Learned from EPA's STAR Program.

Payne-Sturges DC, Korfmacher KS, Cory-Slechta DA, Jimenez M, Symanski E, Carr Shmool JL, Dotson-Newman O, Clougherty JE, French R, Levy JI, Laumbach R, Rodgers K, Bongiovanni R, Scammell MK

Environmental justice.. 2015 December 18 (6):203-212. Epub 1900 01 01.

An investigation into porch dust lead levels.

Wilson J, Dixon SL, Jacobs DE, Akoto J, Korfmacher KS, Breysse J

Environmental research.. 2015 February 137 :129-35. Epub 12/19/2014.

Health impact assessment of urban waterway decisions.

Korfmacher KS, Aviles K, Cummings BJ, Daniell W, Erdmann J, Garrison V

International journal of environmental research and public health.. 2014 December 2512 (1):300-21. Epub 12/25/2014.

Partnering to Reduce Environmental Hazards Through a Community-Based "Healthy Home Museum":Education for Action.

Korfmacher KS, Garrison V

Environmental justice.. 2014 December 117 (6):158-165. Epub 1900 01 01.

Environmental risks and children's health: what can PRAMS tell us?

Korfmacher KS, Suter BJ, Cai X, Brownson SA, Dozier AM

Maternal and child health journal.. 2014 July 18 (5):1155-68. Epub 1900 01 01.

Unconventional natural gas development and public health: toward a community-informed research agenda.

Korfmacher KS, Elam S, Gray KM, Haynes E, Hughes MH

Reviews on environmental health.. 2014 29 (4):293-306. Epub 1900 01 01.

Are local laws the key to ending childhood lead poisoning?

Korfmacher KS, Hanley ML

Journal of health politics, policy and law.. 2013 August 38 (4):757-813. Epub 05/03/2013.

Public health and high volume hydraulic fracturing.

Korfmacher KS, Jones WA, Malone SL, Vinci LF

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS.. 2013 23 (1):13-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rochester's lead law: evaluation of a local environmental health policy innovation.

Korfmacher KS, Ayoob M, Morley R

Environmental health perspectives.. 2012 February 120 (2):309-15. Epub 10/14/2011.

Educating refugees to improve their home environmental health.

Korfmacher KS, George V

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.. 2012 18 (5):469-73. Epub 1900 01 01.

Blood lead levels of refugee children resettled in Massachusetts, 2000 to 2007.

Eisenberg KW, van Wijngaarden E, Fisher SG, Korfmacher KS, Campbell JR, Fernandez ID, Cochran J, Geltman PL

American journal of public health.. 2011 January 101 (1):48-54. Epub 11/18/2010.

Boundary networks and Rochester's "smart" lead law: the use of multidisciplinary information in a collaborative policy process.

Korfmacher KS

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS.. 2010 20 (3):317-36. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rochester's Healthy Home: A community-based innovation to promote environmental health action.

Korfmacher KS, Kuholski K

Environmental practice : journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals.. 2008 September 1610 (3):94-106. Epub 1900 01 01.

Collaborating for primary prevention: Rochester's new lead law.

Korfmacher KS

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.. 2008 14 (4):400-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reliability of spot test kits for detecting lead in household dust.

Korfmacher KS, Dixon S

Environmental research.. 2007 June 104 (2):241-9. Epub 04/16/2007.

Do the same houses poison many children? An investigation of lead poisoning in Rochester, New York, 1993-2004.

Korfmacher KS, Kuholski K

Public health reports.. 2007 122 (4):482-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

The environment in pediatric practice: a study of New York pediatricians' attitudes, beliefs, and practices towards children's environmental health.

Trasande L, Boscarino J, Graber N, Falk R, Schechter C, Galvez M, Dunkel G, Geslani J, Moline J, Kaplan-Liss E, Miller RK, Korfmacher K, Carpenter D, Forman J, Balk SJ, Laraque D, Frumkin H, Landrigan P

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.. 2006 July 83 (4):760-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

Collaboration for Sustainability? A Framework for Analyzing Government Impacts in Collaborative Environmental Management

Koontz, T.M.; Carmin, J.; Korfmacher, K.; Moseley, C.; Steelman, T.; Thomas, C.

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy. 2006; .

Book Review: Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice, by Jason Corburn

Korfmacher, K.S.

Policy Sciences. 2006; .

Adaptive management of the global climate problem: Bridging the gap between climate research and climate policy.

Arvai, J.; Bridge, N.; Dolsak, N.; Franzese, R.; Koontz, T.; Luginbuhl, A.; Robbins, P.; Richards, K.; Korfmacher, K.S.; Sohngen, B.; Tansey, J.; Thompson, A.

Climatic Change. 2006; 78(1): 217-225.

Collaboration, Information, and Preservation: Expertise and citizen farmland preservation task forces

Korfmacher, K.S.; Koontz, T.M.

Policy Sciences. 2003; 36(3): 213-236.

Science and ecosystem management of the Albemarle and Pamlico Estuaries

Korfmacher, K.S.

Ocean and Coastal Management. 2002; .

The politics of participation in watershed modeling.

Korfmacher KS

Environmental management.. 2001 February 27 (2):161-76. Epub 1900 01 01.

Partnering for ecosystem management of the Darby Creek Watershed

Korfmacher, K.S.

American Behavioral Scientist. 2000; 44(4): 548-564.

Farmland Preservation and Sustainable Agriculture: Grassroots and Policy Connections

Korfmacher, K.S.

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. 2000; 15(1).

Alumni perspectives on environmental service-learning: Implications for instructors

Korfmacher, K.S.

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. 1999; 6.

University-community partnerships for environmental education

Korfmacher, K.S.

Environmental Education Council of Ohio Newsletter. 1999; XVII(1): 1-3.

Invisible successes, visible failures: Paradoxes of ecosystem management in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study

Korfmacher, K.S.

Coastal Management. 1998; 26(3): 191-212.

Water quality modeling for environmental management: Lessons from the policy sciences

Korfmacher, K.S.

Policy Sciences. 1998; 31: 35-54.

Book review: Integrated Resource Planning and Management

Korfmacher, K.S.

Society and Natural Resources. 1998; 11(1): 99-101.

Solid waste collection systems in developing urban areas of South Africa: Overview and case study

Korfmacher, K.S.

Waste Research and Management. 1997; 15: 477-494.

Selection of a model for algal blooms on Lake Okeechobee: An application of the analytic hierarchy process

Korfmacher, K.S.

Lake and Reservoir Management. 1997; 12(2): 78-90.

Decision analysis to guide Lake Okeechobee research planning

Reckhow, K.H.; Coffey, S.C.; Henning, M.H.; Smith, K.L.; Banting, R.L.

Lake Reservoir and Management. 1997; 13(1): 49-56.

Book Review: Compass and Gyroscope.

Korfmacher, K.S.

Society and Natural Resources. 1996; 9(3): 328-333.

Fairness in Water Quality: A Descriptive Approach

Smith, K.L.

Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum. 1994; IV: 85-113.

Solid waste management in developing urban areas of southern Africa: A case study from the Winterveld , Boputhatswana.

Smith, K.L.

ReSource Supplement, Municipal Engineer. 1994; 25(2): 18-20.

A model healthy home

Korfmacher, K.S.

The NADD Bulletin. 12(1): 13.

Book Review. Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice, by Jason Corburn.

Korfmacher, K.S.

Policy Sciences. 39: 305-307.

Books

Connecting Ecojustice Research and Teaching: Narratives from the Field (2020)

Authors: Austin, R. N., A. McDermott, K.S. Korfmacher, L. Arbelaez, J. Bousleiman, A. Downey-Mavromatis, R. Elsiesy, S. Ki, M. Rao, S. Willi.

Publisher: Springer 2020

"Promoting health equity through the built environment in Duluth, MN: External Resources and Local Evolution Toward Health in All Policies" (2020)

Authors: Korfmacher, K.S.

Publisher: Chronicles of Health Impact Assessment. 2020

"Bridging Silos: A research agenda for local environmental health initiatives." (2020)

Authors: Korfmacher, K.S.

Publisher: NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy., Published online 2020

Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environment, Health and Justice (2019)

Authors: Korfmacher, K.S.

Publisher: MIT Press 2019

Collaborative environmental management: What roles for government? (2004)

Authors: Koontz, T.M., T.A. Steelman, J. Carmin, K.S. Korfmacher, C. Moseley, and C.W. Thomas

Publisher: Resources for the Future, Washington DC 2004

Acting Locally: Concepts and Methods for Service-Learning in Env. Studies (1999)

Chapter: A view from the bottom of the heap: A junior faculty member confronts the risks of service-learning.

Authors: Harold Ward, Ed.

Publisher: American Association for Higher Education, Washington DC 1999