Phil Brown is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Science at Northeastern University, where he directs the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute and, along with Professor Alissa Cordner of Whitman College, its PFAS Project lab (https://pfasproject.com).
The lab has grants from NSF to study social policy and activism concerning PFAS, and, with Dr. Laurel Schaider of Silent Spring Institute, from NIEHS to study children’s immune responses to PFAS, to study community response to contamination, and to develop a nationwide information exchange, including medical guidance documents and a continuing medical education course.
He directs, along with Dr. Julia Brody from Silent Spring Institute, an NIEHS T-32 training program, “Transdisciplinary Training at the Intersection of Environmental Health and Social Science,” and co-directs the Community Engagement Core of Northeastern’s Superfund Research Program (Puerto Rico Test site to Explore Contamination Threats (PROTECT).