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Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

"In our society, we are often told it is just up to us, the individual. But no individual exists well without a healthy environment, and a healthy environment is the product of a well-functioning community." - Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer, Professor, CWRU
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Research

The Swetland Center’s research investigates environmental drivers of health inequities with the goal of translating our findings into policies, practices, and relationships that promote community and population health. 

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Training

The Center is committed to developing a diverse community of scholars and practitioners skilled to move knowledge into actions that advance environmental health equity.

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Community

Today, the Swetland Center continues Mary Ann Swetland's legacy by building community partnerships to find and scale solutions to redress the environment’s disparate impact on low-resource populations in Cleveland and beyond.