Rebecca Flournoy

Associate Director

For media inquiries: 510-418-1208

For all other inquiries: 510-663-2333 

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Expertise

• Access to Healthy Foods
• Childhood Asthma and Childhood Obesity
• Health Disparities

Experience

A key staff member of the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place, Ms. Flournoy leads research, policy analysis, capacity-building, and advocacy efforts to improve community environments in ways that support good health. Her work focuses on ensuring equitable access to high quality and affordable healthy food, as well as healthy school and housing environments, clean air, appealing and safe opportunities for physical activity, and other components of healthy communities.

Education

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, B.A., anthropology

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Master of Public Health

Selected Articles, Publications, and Media Appearances

Breathing Easy From Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma, PolicyLink, 2008.

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Improving Access and Opportunities Through Food Retailing, PolicyLink, 2005.

“How Much is Too Much?”, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, October 1, 2007.

The Influence of Community Factors on Health, PolicyLink, 2004.