Team and Contributors

SCI Team | Contributors | Acknowledgements

SCI Team

Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH

Rajiv provides leadership for the Sustainable Communities Index team and project and direction on indicators evaluation and selection.  He is currently supporting nation indicator projects sponsored by Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation.  He provides technical assisstance for SCI applications and adaptations internationally. Rajiv is a co-founder of Human Imapct Partners and the Civic Engine and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF.  He currently serves as the Director of Enviornmental Health for the City of San Francisco.

Cynthia Comerford Scully, MA

She has developed indicator methods for multiple SCI domains and has applied SCI measures her built enviornment and health practice in San Francisco.  Cyndy is currently leading efforts to make SCI measures available to citizens and private application developers via San Francisco open data initiatives.  Cyndy serves as the Manager for Policy and Finance for Environmental Health at the SF Department of Public Health. 

Meg Wall, MPH

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. 
megan.wall@sfdph.org

Megan is the San Francisco community data manager for the SCI.  She has developed several of the innovative public realm quality and access measures in the SCI and uses SCI measures in her enagament with city planning agencies.  Megan is the Lead for Health and City Planning for Environmental Health at the SF Department of Public Health. 

Lili Farhang, MPH

Lili was one of the founding developers of the SCI.  She and her organization use SCI measures routinely in their helath impact assessment and health in all policies practice nationally.  She also supports adaptations and applications of the SCI nationally. Lili is currently the Co-Director of Human Impact Partners.

Edmund Seto, PhD

Edmund has provided technical guidance for the development of SCI measures since 2006.  He uses SCI measures in his practice of heatlh impact assessment and for exposure modeling, remote sensing, and epidemiology.  Edmund is currently an Adjunct Professor of Public Helath at the University of California at Berkeley.

Megan Wier, MPH

Megan contributes to SCI methods and uses SCI measures in her transportation and health practice for planning, policy development and research.  Megan currently serves as the Lead for Helath, Equity, and Transportation for Environmental Health at the SF Department of Health.

 

Contributors

The following individuals have contributed to SCI methods:

Stephanie Cowles,  Environmental Exposure Analyst, San Francisco Public Health Foundation 

Megan Gaydos, MPH,Senior Epidemiologist, Community Health Assessment and Impact Unit, SFDPH

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. 

megan.wall@sfdph.org

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. 
megan.wall@sfdph.org

 

 

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