Environmental and Occupational Health

Who We Are

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health is the academic home for education and research in human health and its relationship to the environment. Its mission is to increase the body of knowledge that addresses the adverse health effects of environmental and occupational exposures; to disseminate knowledge through the education of students and health practitioners; and to apply that knowledge in clinical, environmental and workplace settings.

Offering expertise in epidemiology, toxicology, risk science, immunology and photobiology and clinical occupational and environmental medicine, the Department focuses on the interplay of science and policy in evaluating community, global and work-related health problems, and in developing practical solutions to solve them. The Department works closely with the Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Academic Programs

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health offers the following degrees and programs:

Students and faculty in Environmental and Occupational Health have developed tutorials on a variety of EOH issues and hazards.

Research and Community Activities

Faculty members in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health are interested in six broad themes:

Occupational health and safety
Risk science and environmental health
Child health and the environment
Ecosystem and human health
Scientific evidence and integrity
Homeland security

Many of the Department's research and service efforts in these areas are housed in three specialized centers of excellence:

The Center for Risk Science and Public Health (CRSPH) applies a rigorous, scientific, public health-based approach to the analysis of environmental and occupational health risks.
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and Environment (MACCHE), a federally-funded center cosponsored with the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, provides education and outreach to health professionals, parents and the community in order to address environmental risks to children. MACCHE is the official Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit for EPA Region 3, which includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP), the Department's newest major initiative, engages the scientific community in examining the nature of science and the way in which legal and regulatory policymakers use science in their decisions.

Because much of its research has direct implications for the community, Department faculty members work closely with government and non-profit agencies on projects designed to benefit the public. A few examples:

Faculty members provide environmental education and training to the Arlington County School District in Virginia and have recently begun a two-year Emergency Preparedness project in collaboration with Arlington County.
Faculty members are involved in an initiative to form a Washington-Baltimore chapter of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.
Faculty members advise the DC Water and Sewer Authority on environmental risk management and also act as leaders on the DC Lead Task Force, organized by Lead Safe DC.

Faculty

Contact Us

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
2100 M St., NW, Suite 203
School of Public Health and Health Services
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-1734
Fax: (202) 994-0011
Email: eohtlg@gwumc.edu
Web site: www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/departments/eoh/

Department Chair: Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH

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