Linda L Jacobo, PhD., MSc., BPCH.
morra
Principal Investigator
​- Documentary: An Infinite Journey-
Documentary: An Infinite Journey – the largest all-women expedition navigates the Antarctic.
Join us on ‘An Infinite Journey’ an audiovisual documentary that captures the remarkable expedition of an international cohort of 188 women from 25 countries, who journeyed across the Antarctic Ocean. Over the course of a 19-day voyage aboard the Ushuaia and The Island Sky ships, these accomplished leaders, all with backgrounds in STEMM, were led by the global leadership initiative, Homeward Bound Projects.
About
Linda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley, specializing in Health, Environment, and Sustainability. Her interdisciplinary research examines the connections between health, environmental conditions, and resource management in borderland and cross-regional settings. She focuses on the broader social and environmental factors affecting the well-being of populations through community-centered approaches. Her work advances collaborative science and contributes to a solidarity-based academy by fostering equitable partnerships that bridge health, environment, and international cooperation. She primarily studies environmental and health stressors, with an emphasis on strengthening community preparedness and long-term well-being.
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The MORRA stands for multidisciplinary approaches to health and environmental challenges through collaborative research and alliances.
Projects
HIA: Assessing the Health Status Prior to Lithium Extraction
2023-2025
Mapping and Mitigating Heat Stress in Farmworkers
2022-2025​
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Assessment of Microbial Communities and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a US-Mexico Border Wastewater Treatment Plant
2024-2025
Borderland Toxicities: A Photo-Ethnography of Environmental Suffering in Imperial Valley and Mexicali
2025
​Rapid Response: Utilizing Drone-Based Metagenomic Analysis of Air Samples in Tijuana River Emergencies
2024-2025
Microbial Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance in the New River: A Cross-Border Water Pollution Challenge
2025
Olfactory Pollution and Public Health: Assessing the Risks of Smell Fertilizers on Air Quality and Human Well-being
2025
Assessing the Toxicity of Personal Care Products Used by University Students in Southern California
2025-2026
Improving Biomass Burning Estimate in Mexicali, Mexico
2024-2025
Association between socio-environmental determinants and wastewater-based oncogenic microorganisms in the Imperial Valley region
2024-2025
Exploring Microbial Diversity in Indoor Dust Samples from Imperial Valley, California: Insights from a Border Community
2023-2025
Toxicological Assessment of Pesticide Exposure Among Farmworkers in the Imperial Valley
2025-2027
Microbial Biodiversity: Airborne Microbes Across the Salton Sea "one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America"
2025
Binational community scientific expeditions for the co-production of knowledge at the Cucapah Community
2025
​Tackling Fast Fashion Consumption: A University-Level Intervention to Promote Sustainable Fashion Practices Among U.S.-Mexico Students
2025-2026
Asociación del patrón dietario y accesibilidad alimentaria con el estado de salud de población con diabetes mellitus tipo 2
2025-2027
Kumeyaay Land Acknowledgement
For millennia, the Kumeyaay people have been a part of this land. This land has nourished, healed, protected and embraced them for many generations in a relationship of balance and harmony. As members of the San Diego State University community, we acknowledge this legacy. We promote this balance and harmony. We find inspiration from this land, the land of the Kumeyaay.