Doug Brugge, has a PhD in cellular and developmental biology from Harvard University and a MS in industrial hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine with secondary appointments at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Engineering. He is director of Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health, a series of community-based participatory research projects funded by NIEHS, NHLBI, NLM, EPA, HUD and the Kresge Foundation. He also directs the Tufts Community Research Center. He has worked in community-collaborations with many neighborhoods, including Boston Chinatown and the City of Somerville. He has over 140 publications on how traffic-related pollution, secondhand tobacco smoke, housing conditions, uranium mining and other environmental exposures affect health.