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Ray E. López, M.A.
Community Health Leaders
2008
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Health
Leader's Biography 2008:
RAY LÓPEZ, Environmental Program Manager, Little Sisters of the Assumption (LSA) Family Health Service, Inc., New York, New York
Ray López works with East Harlem residents to help combat environmental conditions affecting their health, including insect infestation, mold and poor air quality. He helps families control asthma triggers in their homes, reducing costly emergency room visits and school absences. He also developed solutions to the growing bedbug infestation in New York City, including wrapping duct tape around the edge of a cleaned mattress as a kind of sticky moat to prevent re-infestation. These approaches have directly helped hundreds of East Harlem residents resolve their own personal environmental health issues and created a ripple effect as they help relatives and neighbors. Under López’s leadership, LSA has become widely recognized for its environmental interventions, receiving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 2 Environmental Quality Award for its asthma program, which Ray López oversees.
Where this Leader can be reached today:
Director, Enviromental Health Program
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services, Inc.
333 East 115th St.
New York, NY 10029-2210
Phone: 646-672-5236
Fax: 212-987-4430
E-mail: rlopez@lsafhs.org
www.littlesistersfamily.org
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