Environmental and Occupational Health
IMPACT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Innovating for Healthier Environments and Safer Workplaces
In FY 2025, the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) built on its tradition of excellence while reaching exciting new milestones. The department delivered transformative learning experiences, advanced critical knowledge areas, and developed real-world solutions that improve environmental and occupational health in a time of rapid change. From launching a multi-institutional climate and health exploratory center, to earning prestigious awards and residencies, to pioneering bold new research, the EOH community is at the forefront of tackling today’s most urgent environmental and occupational health challenges.
BY THE NUMBERS
70+
students trained
$1.8
million
in new grant funding
18
active research projects
50
peer-reviewed publications
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
EOH faculty led the development of a new $3.7 million NIH-funded multi-institutional Climate and Health Developmental Center.
Cindy Liu, Associate Professor of EOH and co-director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center, was awarded the GW Early Career Inventor of the Year Award.
David Michaels, Professor of EOH, was selected for the prestigious Bellagio Center Residency.
Several EOH faculty members were named to the inaugural GeoCAFE Scholars 2024 Cohort.
Greta Martin, recent EOH PhD program graduate and current EOH Postdoctoral Fellow, was awarded the Milken Institute SPH Dissertation Award for her dissertation work entitled: “Quantifying Urban Nature and the Associated Health Benefits Across Global Cities Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery.”
A first-of-a-kind study led by Gaige Kerr, EOH Assistant Research Professor, found that the warehousing industry increases exposure to a health-harming pollutant for those in proximity, oftentimes communities of color.
Soo-Yeon Kim, EOH PhD student, was selected for a Future Investigators in NASA Earth Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award for research applying satellite data to assess NO₂ concentrations, mortality burdens, and associated inequities.
Research led by EOH Assistant Professor Jordan Kuiper identified hidden chemical and microplastics risks that threaten vulnerable patient populations. Read more.