Erica Walker
October 23, 2020 — People
Founder of Community Noise Lab
Dr. Erica Walker is the founder of Community Noise Lab at the Boston University School of Public Health. Their primary aim is to explore the relationship between community noise and health by working directly with communities to address their specific noise issues using real-time sound monitoring, smartphone technology, laboratory based experiments, and community engagement activities. Actions center on challenging existing (or developing new) policy by evaluating not only how sound is impacting community health but how it is also an environmental justice issue. Dr. Walker holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics, a master’s degree in environmental economics and urban planning, and a ScD in environmental health from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.