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Research and Service: Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health

Home Academics Departments & Units Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health Research and Service: Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health

Faculty, students and staff in the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health engage in highly applied interdisciplinary research, scholarship and practice

Our projects and programs involve collaborative partnerships with researchers and partners here on campus, in our local communities and around the world.

To find out more, please visit the website links of our labs, centers and programs found below:

Food-energy-water-climate-health nexus

Airborne infectious disease transmission

Water quality and safety

Climate and Health

Dr. Jennifer Stowell

Dr. Pin Wang

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

Dr. Heather Amato: TRACE Lab

One Health

Global Health

Dr. Heather Wipfli: GRIT Lab

Other areas of research and practice:

  • Cumulative environmental health risks
  • Dietary toxins linked to cancer, immune suppression and early life growth retardation
  • Environmental justice
  • Food and waterborne disease
  • Pandemic preparedness
  • Water reuse (agricultural, potable and non-potable reuse)

Additional research areas, groups and facilities:

Opportunities for undergraduate students 

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