Katherine Hunting, PhD, MPHKatherine L. Hunting is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. She is also Professor in the School's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and in its Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 
Professor Hunting has grown up with the School, joining GWU in 1988 as a research scientist, shortly after its public health programs were first introduced. She is an expert in epidemiologic study design and injury epidemiology, particularly as they pertain to studies of workers. Her connection to real-world issues is demonstrated not only by her teaching, research, and community service activities, but by the fact that she has learned the jargon of the construction trade -- and even owns her own hard hat. Appointed as Associate Dean for Student and Faculty Development in 2004, and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 2008, Professor Hunting continues to maintain a half-time teaching schedule. "I quickly realized after coming to GWU that I love teaching," says Dr. Hunting. "It is vastly gratifying to help students understand and appreciate research methods. I also find advising students and mentoring student research to be highly rewarding." Professor Hunting has twice been selected by SPHHS students for the Excellence in Teaching Award (1996 and 2003), and also earned the Public Health Student Association Award for Dedication and Excellence (2003). Her activities as Associate Dean include service on the School's Curriculum and Admissions Committees.. She is program director of the MPH Program in Environmental and Occupational Health and was inducted into Delta Omega, the Public Health Honor Society, in 1997. EducationBachelor of Science (Environmental Science), University of California at Riverside, 1978 TeachingPubH 221-Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health ResearchDr. Hunting's principle areas of research interest include construction worker safety and health; occupational injuries and ergonomics; and occupational epidemiology and surveillance. Among her sources of outside funding are contracts with, or grants from, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, the American Lung Association and the D.C. Department of Human Services. Community ServiceAmong her community service activities, Professor Hunting has served on the board of directors of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, and as a councilor for the Society for Occupational and Environmental Health. She recently taught epidemiology methods at an intensive advocacy training program sponsored by the National Breast Cancer Coalition and has reviewed manuscripts for an array of journals, including Injury Prevention, Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Epidemiology and American Journal of Preventive Medicine. DepartmentsResearch ActivitiesPublications |
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