Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Areas of Interest

Climate change and energy impacts on health
Climate change represents the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century, but mitigating climate change represents the greatest public health opportunity.
Developmental origin of health and disease
Environmental exposures during early life (particularly the in-utero period) can permanently influence health and vulnerability to disease.
Green chemistry solutions
An approach to redesign materials that form the basis of our society and our economy in ways that are benign for humans and the environment.
Environmental justice and health disparities
Communities of socioeconomic disadvantage are more likely to be exposed to harmful pollutants.
Novel approaches to assess environmental exposures and early markers of effect
EHS is a leader in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, epigenomic/epigenetic tools, genomic instability, wearable air pollutant monitors and meta-research.