Katherine Hunting, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Katherine L. Hunting is Professor and Vice Chair of Educational Activities in the School's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Professor in its Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
- Phone: 202-994-7891
- Fax: 202-994-1850
- Email: hunting@gwu.edu
Professor Hunting joined GWU in 1988 as a research scientist, shortly after its public health programs were first introduced, and was appointed to the faculty the following year. 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.
As EOH’s Vice Chair for Educational Activities and as program director of the MPH in Environmental Health Science and Policy, Dr. Hunting focuses on educational program development, operations, and evaluation. She returned full time to the EOH department in Fall 2010, having served for six and a half years in the dean’s office, first as Associate Dean for Student and Faculty Development, and then as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. "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.
Professor Hunting is co-editor of Essential Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public Health into Practice. This new text consists of 21 teaching cases illustrating a wide variety of public health issues; many of the cases were written by SPHHS faculty, students, and staff.
Education
Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science), University of California at Riverside, 1978
Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1981
Doctor of Philosophy (Epidemiology), Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1988
Teaching
PubH 3132-Health and the Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
PubH 6121-Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
PubH 6246-Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research
Dr. 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 have been 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 Service
Among 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 has 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.
Expertise
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Ergonomics
- Injury Epidemiology
- Occupational Health
- Occupational Safety