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Linda Powers Tomasso
Research Associates

Linda Powers Tomasso

Research Associate

Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Environmental Health

Biography

Linda Powers Tomasso investigates natures as a health-promoting exposure and intervention strategy in her role as environmental health researcher at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, where she completed her doctoral and post-doctoral work under the mentorship of Prof. Jack Spengler. Her mixed-methods approach to exposure assessment brings qualitative insights to a discipline typically determined by quantitative factors to learn how nature contact affects cognitive and emotional health, what patterns nature-seeking behavior, and what barriers exist to nature engagement. Linda is currently co-creating the tools to share nature-based solutions with communities of impact to change equity of nature access and climate adaptation. She also teaches the core Analytical Methods in Sustainability course at Harvard Extension School and co-instructs the Thesis Preparation Seminar. An MS from Georgetown University, MA from Harvard in Environmental Management, and an early career with the U.S. State Department shaped Linda's policy background and grounds her applied research efforts.

Education and Training

  • MSFS, International Diplomacy
    Georgetown University
  • BA, American Studies
    University of Notre Dame
  • ALM, Sustainability/Environmental Management
    Harvard Extension School
  • PhD, Environmental Health
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Publications