Program Coordinator
Community Engagement Core and Research Translation Core
Duke Superfund Research Center, Nicholas School of the Environment
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Catherine Kastleman is a public health professional with experience and skills in community engagement and science communication. Currently she serves as a program coordinator for the Community Engagement and Research Translation Cores of the Duke University Superfund Research Center, which is based at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke. Catherine focuses on working with communities to address environmental health questions and building the capacity of community leaders in environmental health. In her role, she communicates with the public and policy makers about the science of early life exposure to chemicals and its long-term health impacts, and she connects communities with expert resources at the Superfund Center and beyond. In one of her current community-based projects, she is using a “Train the Trainer” model to train subsistence fish consumers on choosing fish with lower levels of contaminants from the Northeast Cape Fear River basin. Catherine earned her Master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University. In 2017, Catherine earned a certificate in Environmental Communication from the Duke Environmental Leadership Program, and she is pursuing the Certificate in Training Excellence from Duke’s Learning and Organization Development program.
Expertise: Community engagement, environmental communications, environmental health
Ask about: Community outreach and engagement, science communication, communicating with policy makers, program evaluation, environmental education
