Research/Practice Forum #2: Societal Big Challenges: Equitable Communities

Research and Practice Forum #2 on Societal Big Challenges: Equitable Communities 

Hosted by the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) in conjunction with the School of Public Health (SPH)

This researcher and practitioner forum will enable researchers, educators, scholars, practitioners, and students—interested in solving society’s Big Challenges—to connect, discuss interdisciplinary interests, and uncover potential future research directions. Presenters will highlight recent work on equitable communities, a topic inspired by the MAPP Strategic Initiative #2: to create diverse and inclusive built environment discourse and action.

A networking reception will conclude the Forum.

Presentation topics include:

• Equity and Access to Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure in Maryland
• Combining Environmental Health Assessments with Infrastructure Planning and Participatory Research to Evaluate Risks from Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Basement Backups
• The Legacy of Intersecting Forces on the Built Environment: The Example of North Brentwood
• Who Has Access to Walkable Streetscapes?
• Gentrification and Displacement in the Purple Line Corridor
• A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland

A networking reception will conclude the Forum

SEED GRANT        Panelist Presentations

Forum outline

12:30 pm    Welcome and Opening Remarks - Dawn Jourdan, MAPP Dean

12:45 pm    Set 1: 5 Presentations ~ 10 minutes each

• Jennifer Roberts, SPH, Social Injustice: The Story of Humboldt Parkway
• Nicholas Finio, MAPP, Gentrification and Displacement in the Purple Line Corridor
• Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein, SPH and Priscila B. R. Alves, MAPP, Combining Environmental Health Assessments with Infrastructure Planning and Participatory Research to Evaluate Risks from Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Basement Backups
• Stefan Woehlke, MAPP, The Legacy of Intersecting Forces on the Built Environment: The Example of North Brentwood

1:35 pm    Q&A for Set 1 presenters and panel comments

1:50 pm    10-minute break | networking

2:00 pm     Set 2: 4 Presentations ~ 10 minutes each

• Mohammad Gharipour, MAPP, A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland
• Chester Harvey, MAPP, Who Has Access to Walkable Streetscapes?
• Nneoma Maxine Ugwu, ENGR, Equity and Access to Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure in Maryland
• Robin Puett, SPH, Research Overviews

2:40 pm    Q&A for Set 2 presenters

2:55 pm    Concluding Remarks, Boris Lushniak, SPH Dean

3:05 pm     Networking Reception

3:30 pm    Adjourn