Keshia

Pollack Porter

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PhD

My research advances policies that create safe and healthy environments where people live, work, play, and travel, with an emphasis on cross-sector collaborations and health equity. I am an injury epidemiologist and policy researcher who uses mixed methods to examine active play and active transportation, safe built environments, and the nexus of transportation and health. My current work includes a growing portfolio examining policies and practices that promote inclusive and anti-racist public spaces to bolster opportunities for outdoor play and recreation, and physical activity.

I am also a leading health equity scholar whose research and practice addresses the determinants of health. I spend a considerable amount of time directly engaging with policymakers to achieve my goal of informing the development and implementation of policies that can advance health equity at the local, state, and federal levels. My research and practice are bolstered by the roles I have as a Bloomberg Centennial Professor, director of the School’s Institute for Health and Social Policy, and part of the leadership team for the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.