The environmental health concentration is designed to encourage course work and research that explore relationships among environmental quality, human health, and public policy. This knowledge provides a basis for research on how the environment impacts health and for understanding the potential of law and policy to protect public health from environmental hazards.

There are several themes around which students can focus their studies in this area, such as exposure to hazardous substances; metals and the environment; exposure and risk assessment methods; land use, ecology, and vector-borne disease; air pollution and respiratory illness; agriculture, food safety, and human health; climate change and health; consumer products; and environmental health law and policy.

This area is the focal point within F&ES for the joint Master of Public Health program with the School of Public Health. Graduates of the Environmental Health Focal Area are employed in non-profits, private industry, and government agencies, and have continued graduate work in doctoral programs, medical school, and law school.

Faculty John P. Wargo (Coordinator), Paul Anastas, Shimon C. Anisfeld, Michelle Bell, Gaboury Benoit, Graeme P. Berlyn, Florencia Montagnini, Sheila Olmstead, James E. Saiers

Courtesy joint appointment Brian P. Leaderer