Contested Illnesses Research Group
Brown University , Providence RI

Maggie Frye is a senior concentrating in environmental studies.  She has taken courses in environmental health, social movements, environmental policy, and international health.  Maggie spent fall 2004 abroad in Kampala, Uganda, studying development studies and working as an intern with a sexual education organization.  She spent last summer working as a research assistant for Professors Rachel Morello-Frosch and Phil Brown on the Breast Cancer and the Environment project, interviewing scientists who have conducted biomonitoring studies about whether and how they reported the information back to participants.  Maggie is currently working on her senior thesis, studying the experience of participating in an advocacy based biomonitoring study.