EOH Departmental Research
Research Focus Areas
Research in the EOH department addresses critical environmental and occupational health challenges. Our research advances methods to fill key knowledge gaps and bridges cutting edge science with policy decisions that can promote healthy environments where we live and work.
Topics
Air Pollution, Climate Change & Sustainability
How do climate change and air pollution affect public health? How can improved sustainability, energy, transportation, environmental, and other policies ensure that all people have clean and healthy environments now and in the future?
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One Health, Antibiotic Resistance & Food Safety
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals, and agriculture is a major driving force of the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistant pathogens. A multisectoral approach to optimize the health of people, animals, and the environment is needed to close critical knowledge gaps.
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Occupational Health & Safety
Improving health and safety for workers in the U.S. and worldwide depends on the research and regulation of risks that impact people in the occupational environment, such as exposure to chemicals and biological agents, safety hazards, and more.
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Chemical Exposures & Health Risks
Exposure to chemicals in a variety of settings, including the home, the workplace, and the environment, is widespread. Assessing how these exposures impact and compound health risks is essential to protect health at the population level.
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Methods
Exposure & Risk Assessment
Using cutting-edge technologies such as satellites, sensors, and machine learning allows for highly accurate measurement, modeling, and evaluation of exposure to environmental risk factors, pollutants, and health-related variables.
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Environmental & Molecular Epidemiology
Developing and applying sophisticated statistical and analytical techniques supports the investigation of complex health-related phenomena and the genetic and molecular factors underlying disease occurrence and transmission.
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Microbiology & the Microbiome
Studying how environmental factors, such as microorganisms and various chemicals and substances dynamically interact with humans and other organisms, as well as their respective microbiomes, is critical for understanding these ecological connections and to developing innovative solutions to improve human health and the health of the environment.
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