Prof. Sara E. Grineski is a professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of Utah. Her research interests include environmental health disparities, children's health, and environmental justice. Her doctoral education was funded by a five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) fellowship in urban ecology at Arizona State University. As a Master's student, Dr. Grineski collaborated with a neighborhood on a community-based participatory research project on children's environmental health, an experience that set the course for her future career. After graduating in 2006 with her Ph.D. in sociology with a minor in geography, she became an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). While at UTEP, she was a principal investigator (PI) on the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) award, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Separate from the NIH BUILD award, Dr. Grineski has received external research funding as a PI or Co-PI from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She has published in outlets ranging from social science and medicine and social forces to environmental research letters and environmental research.