Environmental and Occupational Health
IMPACT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Innovating for Healthier Environments and Safer Workplaces
Over the past year, the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) has built on its tradition of excellence while reaching exciting new milestones. The department has 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
40+
published op-eds and other media engagements
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
- EOH Faculty Lead New $3.7 million NIH-Funded Multi-Institutional Climate and Health Developmental Center.
- Cindy Liu, Associate Professor of EOH, awarded GW Early Career Inventor of the Year Award.
- David Michaels, Professor of EOH, selected for prestigious Bellagio Center Residency.
- Soo-Yeon Kim, EOH PhD student, 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.
- Greta Martin, recent EOH PhD program graduate and current EOH Postdoctoral Fellow, awarded the GWSPH 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, finds that the warehousing industry increases exposure to a health-harming pollutant for those in proximity, oftentimes communities of color.
- Several EOH Faculty selected to the inaugural GeoCAFE Scholars 2024 Cohort (LINK)
- Research led by EOH Assistant Professor Jordan Kuiper uncovers hidden chemical and microplastics risks to protect vulnerable patient populations. Read more.