Christine Vatovec
Lecturer and Research Affiliate
Clinical Assistant Professor
81 Carrigan Dr
303C Aiken Center
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ph.D. 2010 University of Wisconsin
- M.S. 2002 University of Minnesota
- B.S. 1998 Cornell University
BIO
As an interdisciplinary environmental health social scientist, the foundation of Christine's work lies within the research specializations of sustainability science, environmental health, and environmental sociology. She draws on theories and tools from these subdisciplines, anthropology, environmental justice, environmental and medical history, environmental psychology, environmental studies, and public health sciences. Christine's research focuses on two areas regarding the interplay between human health and the environment: 1) the socio-ecological consequences of medical care (or, how human health-seeking behaviors impact the environment), and 2) the human health benefits of nature contact (or, how the environment impacts human health).
Area(s) of expertise
Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Integrative Health
Research: Human health and the environment, socio-ecological consequences of medical care, health benefits of nature contact, ethnographic methods
Bio
As an interdisciplinary environmental health social scientist, the foundation of Christine's work lies within the research specializations of sustainability science, environmental health, and environmental sociology. She draws on theories and tools from these subdisciplines, anthropology, environmental justice, environmental and medical history, environmental psychology, environmental studies, and public health sciences. Christine's research focuses on two areas regarding the interplay between human health and the environment: 1) the socio-ecological consequences of medical care (or, how human health-seeking behaviors impact the environment), and 2) the human health benefits of nature contact (or, how the environment impacts human health).
Areas of Expertise
Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Integrative Health
Research: Human health and the environment, socio-ecological consequences of medical care, health benefits of nature contact, ethnographic methods