In Cities for Life: How Communities Can Recover from Trauma and Rebuild for Health (Publication Date: November 16, 2021), public health expert Jason Corburn shows how cities can promote the health and healing of all of their residents. He draws lessons from three cities already doing this work: Richmond, California; Medellín, Colombia; and Nairobi, Kenya. Based on his work with citizens, activists, and decision-makers in these cities over a ten-year period, Corburn shows how any community can rebuild their social institutions, practices, and policies to be more focused on healing and health.

October 2021. The overlapping crises of climate change, COVID-19, and persistent social inequities are acutely felt in cities, particularly among the poor and already vulnerable. Urban climate justice demands a focused strategy to support the healing of these vulnerable communities while also creating new opportunities for them to co-lead more equitable climate resiliency strategies.

January 2021. I am the director of evaluation research and lead author of the report, Advance Peace Stockton, 2018-20 Evaluation Report, also published with the Center for Global Healthy Cities at UC Berkeley.

February 14, 2020. I gave a keynote address at the Colombo Medical Congress in Sri Lanka, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. This was part of an ongoing collaboration with Professor Saroj Jayasinghe, Professor of Medicine at the University of Colombo. We are developing a new urban health and systems science curriculum and joint research program.

November 6, 2019. Toward the Healthy City - Chinese Edition - launched in Xiamen, China. Published by Tongi University Press, the book launch was part of symposium on Healthy Cities in China during the International Conference on Urban Health.

June 2019. I was the lead author of a Rapid Health Impact Assessment of the Mukuru Informal Settlement in Nairobi, highlighting environmental injustices and climate change vulnerabilities facing Nairobi slum dwellers. This report helped designate Mukuru a Special Planning Area (SPA) by Nairobi County, and initiated a community-driven planning process to upgrade the settlement. This report was developed in partnership with Shack Dwellers International - Kenya & Muungano wa Wanavijiji.

March 2019. Elected Co-Chair, International Science Council, Urban Health and Well-Being Program. This 10 year project fosters a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to urban health, utilizes systems analysis to simultaneously address multiple aspects of urban well-being and generates understanding, knowledge & products useful to policy-makers in cities around the world.

December 2018. I led a study of the Health Impacts of Closing a Community Hospital. This Rapid Health Impact Assessment focused on the health equity impacts from closing Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley, California. We found that the closure may have significant impacts on the well-being of the region, especially the poor and people of color in the areas of birthing, emergency department access and disaster response. See press coverage:

December 2018. NPR.

December 2018. Berkeleyside

July 2019. US News & World Report