EOH: Exposure & Risk Assessment
Research
EOH research is leveraging satellite remote sensing and other novel geospatial datasets, machine learning techniques, and methods that assess cumulative exposure, compound hazards, and chemical mixtures, to conduct cutting-edge research. Using satellite remote sensing data has made it possible to investigate disparate exposure to nitrogen dioxide pollution [Kerr, Goldberg, Anenberg], using machine learning techniques has enabled researchers to identify areas prone to drinking water chemical contamination in private wells when monitoring data is lacking [Hu], and EOH researchers have developed frameworks using publicly available data and simple geospatial techniques to incorporate cumulative approaches into risk assessments at the federal policy level [Pullen Fedinick].
EOH research also uses systematic evaluation and risk assessment approaches to characterize, communicate, and assess potential environmental and occupational health hazards and interventions. Our research has shown that in the absence of chronic noncancer toxicity data, short-term animal studies may provide reasonable quantitative evidence to facilitate faster development of human health toxicity values for chemicals that lack long-term data [Gray].
Learn more about research programs: Anenberg, Goldberg, Gray, Hu, Kerr, Pullen Fedinick
Research Experts
Susan Anenberg
Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health
Director, GW Climate and Health Institute
Kate Applebaum
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Robert Canales
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Kelvin Fong
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Dan Goldberg
Assistant Research Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
George Gray
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Xindi (Cindy) Hu
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Gaige Kerr
Assistant Research Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Barbara Kowalcyk
Associate Professor, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, and of Environmental and Occupational Health
Director, Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security
Jordan Kuiper
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Peter LaPuma
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
Associate Research Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health