The Impact of Urban Planning and Transportation on Health
Childhood Asthma
Education
Education
University of California–Santa Barbara, B.S., environmental studies
San Francisco State University, Master of Public Health
Experience
Ms. Malekafzali brings together urban planning, transportation, and community design in innovative ways to create healthier environments. Through the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place, she researches and promotes new strategies to advance healthy environments particularly in lowincome communities and communities of color. She previously worked with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and has taught environmental health and research methods at San Francisco State University.
Selected Articles and Publications
"Creating Tools for Health Development: Case Study of San Francisco’s Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment,” (with L. Farhang, R. Bhatia, C. Comerford-Scully, J. Corburn and M. Gaydos) Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 14, no. 3 (May/June 2008).
Breathing Easy From Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma, PolicyLink, 2008.
