59807profile12773883521352737772<![CDATA[Michelle J. Marcus Rushing, MPH]]>
Ms. Michelle Marcus is a research scientist at the Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD). She specializes in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and community based participatory research. Her most recent work was as Investigator and Project Manager on two HIA projects: one focusing on the Aerotropolis Atlanta Brownfield Redevelopment Project and the other focusing on the Atlanta Regional Plan 2040. She has previously conducted HIA investigating hospitals and community health; investigated links between roads and health; and developed technical assistance strategies for HIA. She also coordinates the Healthy Places Research Group and assists with operations of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program.
Ms. Marcus has served as the program administrator for the Campaign for Walkable Communities at PEDS, a pedestrian advocacy group, since 2007. She currently chairs the Environment, Transit, Trails, and Transportation task force on the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee. Previously, she served on the board of directors for Citizens for Progressive Transit for over six years.
Ms. Marcus earned her Master of Public Health at the Institute of Public Health at Georgia State University. She received the Public Health Student Achievement Award in 2008 for her work and has been accepted into the Urban Fellows program, an initiative of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth housed in Georgia State’s College of Law. As a graduate research assistant at Georgia State, her work included improving access to primary health care for frequent 911 users in inner-city Atlanta.
Educational Background 2008 - M.P.H (Health Promotion), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 1998 - B.A. (Anthropology), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Fields
Health Impact Assessment
Healthy Places
Transportation and Infrastructure
Land Use Policy
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health impact assessment; transportation and infrastructure; healthy places; land use]]>Research Ambitions Ms. Marcus seeks to promote health by researching the health impacts of the built environment and human activities, and by working with community members to use such research to create a more healthful environment.
Research Groups/Labs Research Scientist I, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
Recent Publications
Ross, C. L., & Marcus, M. J. (2010). Calculating for Health: The Atlanta BeltLine Health Impact Assessment and Study. In Atlanta Chapter for the Congress for New Urbanism (Ed.), Building Metropolitan Atlanta: Past, Present, and Future (pp. 68-70). April 2010: Atlanta Chapter for the Congress for New Urbanism.
Ross, C. L., Woo, M., Barringer, J. R., Danner, A. K., Marcus, M. J., West, H., et al. (2009). Megaregions: Visualization of Defining Megaregions and Policy Implications for Passenger and Freight Movement. Atlanta: conducted by the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at the Georgia Institute of Technology; funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Ross, C. L., & Marcus, M. J. (2009). Roadways and Health: Making the Case for Collaboration. In S. Malekafzali (Ed.), Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research (pp. 1-164). Washington DC: PolicyLink and the Prevention Institute.
Ross, C. L., Barringer, J. R., Danner, A. K., Woo, M., Marcus, M. J., Doyle, J. L. H., et al. (2008). Hospitals and Community Health HIA: A Study of Localized Health Impacts of Hospitals. Atlanta: conducted by the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at the Georgia Institute of Technology; prepared for and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
Marcus, M. J. (2008). Examining Correlations with Frequency of Walking Trips in Metropolitan Areas. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
Funded Research
2008 – Present: Co-Coordinator, Healthy Places Research Group, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
2009 – Present: Co-Coordinator, National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
2010 – Present: Investigator/Project Manager, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on the Aerotropolis Atlanta Brownfield Redevelopment Project. Prepared for Health Impact Project – The Pew Charitable Trusts
2010 – Present: Investigator/Project Manager, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on the Atlanta Regional Plan 2040. Prepared for Health Impact Project – The Pew Charitable Trusts
2011 – Present: Investigator, Health Benefits of the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail: A Pre-Post Impact Assessment. Prepared for Atlanta BeltLine Partnership.
Recent Presentations
April 2010: Presenter, “Neighborhoods and Health: the health impacts of urban hospitals,” International Conference on Women’s Health, Philadelphia, PA
June 2010: Co-Presenter, “HIA Initiative Workshop: Health Impact Assessment Basics for Healthy Places”, Congress for New Urbanism 18, Atlanta GA
June 2010: Presenter, “Health Impact Assessment of the Decatur Community Transportation Plan”, Congress for New Urbanism 18, Atlanta, GA
September 2010: Keynote speaker, “Making Healthy Places,” Southern Obesity Summit, Atlanta, GA
October 2010: Presenter, “Making Healthy Places”, International Conference on Urban Health, New York, NY
October 2010: Guest lecturer, “Health Impact Assessment: Making Healthy Places”, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
January 2011: Collaborator, Health Impact Project Grantee Meeting, Washington, DC
Februay 2011: Guest lecturer, “Health Impact Assessment: Making Healthy Places”, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
March 2011: Guest lecturer, “Health Impact Assessment: Making Healthy Places”, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
September 2011: Co-presenter, "Making Healthy Places: Health Impact Assessment", Georgia Planning Association, Savannah, GA