KIM HARLEY
1930 Hopkins Street
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510) 508-6077
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health Division
School of Public Health, U.C. Berkeley
Associate Director for Health Effects, Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health
School of Public Health, U.C. Berkeley
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
University of California at Berkeley
Epidemiology, 2004
Dissertation: Examining an Epidemiologic Paradox: The Role of Acculturation, Nutrition, and
Social Support in the Birth Outcomes of Women of Mexican Descent
M.P.H.
University of California at Berkeley
Maternal and Child Health, 1998
Thesis: Maternity Hospital Practices that Affect Breastfeeding at Four Months in Egypt
B.A.
Vassar College
Anthropology, 1992
Independent Study Project: Modern Magic: Medical Care in Rural Bali
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology
Endocrine disruptor exposure to adolescent girls and effects on puberty and fertility
Reproductive and developmental effects of Bisphenol A, PBDEs, pesticides, and other endocrine
disruptors
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2008 Present
Instructor,
Practical Issues in Maternal and Child Health Data Analysis (PH 293-6)
UC Berkeley
Spring 2007 Present
Instructor,
Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (PH 210D)
UC Berkeley
Spring 2004
Spring 2003
Graduate Student Instructor,
Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (PH 210D)
UC Berkeley
Fall 2000
Graduate Student Instructor,
Epidemiologic Methods II (PH 250B)
UC Berkeley
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MENTORING EXPERIENCE (MASTER’S PROJECT COMMITTEE)
2012-2013
Mariko Sweetnam (Committee Chair)
Ayca Erkin-Cakmak
Kristina Kastler
Emily Murphy
2011-2012
Rasika Behl (Committee Chair)
Shayla Livingston (Committee Chair)
Brett Augspurger
Vidita Chopra
Marlowe Dieckmann
2010-2011
Alison Gemmill (Committee Chair)
Jocelyn Audelo
Dewight Cowley
Aarti Kale
Hannah Sheehy
Emilia Wilkins
2009-2010
Maria Elena Young
Hatav Khademi
Elizabeth Cretti
2008-2009
Lauren Hubner
2007-2008
Celina Trujillo
2006-2007
Jennifer Wright
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1998-present
CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
U.C. Berkeley
Associate Director (2007-present)
• Manage research study investigating the health of pregnant women and children in a farmworker
community. (Salinas Valley, CA)
• Supervise staff of study coordinator, data analysts, interviewers, graduate students.
• Devise research questions, design studies, oversee data collection
• Analyze data, author scientific research articles
• Present research findings to scientists, public health providers, funders.
• Write grant applications and reports to funders.
Study Coordinator (2004-2007), Researcher/Graduate Student (1998-2004)
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE
2008-2010
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Charlottesville, VA
Science Communication Fellow
• Work with media relations and policy experts to advance public understanding of environmental
health issues.
• Identify scientific studies to be prioritized for media attention.
• Translate and explain relevance of findings for journalists.
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Summer 1997 WELLSTART INTERNATIONAL
San Diego, CA
Evaluation and Resource Development Consultant
• Fundraising and grant-writing for public health non-profit organization.
• Evaluated changes in breastfeeding practices over a ten-year international promotion project.
• Conducted cost-benefit analysis of breastfeeding promotion in US hospitals.
1993-1996
PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL
San Diego, CA
Grants Coordinator (1996)
• Managed grant proposal submissions, resulting in $800,000 for international public health
programs.
• Monitored progress, ensured grant obligations were met, represented Project Concern to donors.
• Coordinated proposal and report writing process, collaborated with overseas staff and
headquarters staff in fundraising, program and finance departments.
• Supervised two full-time employees and one part-time employee.
Foundation Grants Officer (1994 - 1995), Corporate Grants Officer (1993 - 1994)
1992-1993
JOHN SNOW INC.
Arlington, VA
Staff Associate
• Coordinated USAID-funded shipments of contraceptives to developing nations.
• Responsible for processing USAID missions’ contraceptive orders, tracking the progress of
shipments and communicating instructions to shipping company.
• Provided headquarters support to overseas advisors.
GRANT SUPPORT
Decreasing Endocrine Disruptor Exposure in Latina Teens (HERMOSA Study)
Principal Investigator: K. Harley
Grant Number: 18BB1800
Funder: CA Breast Cancer Research Amount: $646,431
Grant Period: 9/30/2009 - 7/31/2011
Role: PI
Bisphenol A and Children’s Growth and Development
Principal Investigator: K. Harley and B. Eskenazi (Multiple PIs)
Grant Number: 1RC2ES018792
Funder: NIEHS
Grant Period: 9/30/2009 - 7/31/2011
Role: PI
Amount: $1,493,880
Administrative Supplement to Bisphenol A and Children’s Growth and Development
Principal Investigator: K. Harley
Grant Number: 3RC2ES018792-S1 Funder: NIEHS
Amount: $76,620
Grant Period: 5/28/2010 - 7/31/2011
Role: PI
Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research
Principal Investigator: B. Eskenazi
Grant Number: PO1 ES009605
Funder: NIEHS/EPA
Grant Period: 9/24/2009 – 7/31/2014
Role: Co-investigator
Amount: $4,160,551
DDT & PBDE Exposure, Puberty Onset, and Neurodevelopment in Mexican-American Girls.
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Principal Investigator: B. Eskenazi
Grant Number: RO1 ES017054
Grant Period: 8/1/2009 – 4/30/2014
Role: Co-investigator
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Funder: NIEHS
Amount: $3,285,313
PBDEs, DDT and Neurodevelopment in School-Aged Mexican-American Children
Principal Investigator: B. Eskenazi
Grant Number: RO1 ES015572
Funder: NIEHS
Amount: $1,960,631
Grant Period: 8/7/2007 – 4/30/2011
Role: Co-investigator
PON1 and Developmental Sensitivity to OP Pesticides
Principal Investigator: N. Holland
Grant Number: RO1 ES012503
Funder: NIEHS
Grant Period: 1/1/2006 – 12/31/2010
Role: Co-investigator
Amount: $1,748,016
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer: American Journal of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Health,
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.