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Patrick Breysse, PhD
Wolfe Street Building, Room E6630
410-955-3608; pbreysse@jhsph.edu
Divisional Office
Wolfe Street Building, Room E6628
410-614-5752
The mission of the Division of Environmental Health Engineering (DEHE) is to improve public health through interdisciplinary research, professional training, and practice. Divisional researchers seek to prevent or minimize the adverse effects of physical, chemical, and biological agents by identifying and studying their sources, fate, and transport in both occupational and non-occupational environments, and by developing and evaluating control strategies that effectively protect human health. Exposure assessment is an integrating theme for the division because of its critical linkage to risk assessment. Divisional research and training in exposure assessment employs principles and methods in chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematical modeling and includes development and evaluation of biomarkers of exposure. Researchers study all potential routes of human exposure with particular emphasis on air and water.
For more detailed information on these academic programs, download our EHS student handbook (PDF). Master of Health Science (MHS) program in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
The MHS program in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene is designed for students who are developing or advancing professional careers in occupational and environmental hygiene within consulting, private industry, or government sectors. Training includes traditional occupational hygiene and environmental health practice, air pollution, exposure assessment, environmental monitoring, and risk assessment. Download a video about the Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Professional Master's Program, the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and the School of Public Health. (Free RealPlayer required)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Doctor of Science (ScD) Programs
Concentration in Environmental Health Engineering
Research undertaken by candidates for doctoral degrees in environmental health engineering focuses on exposure assessment methods and models for recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards in the workplace and community environment. Research training employs principles and methods in chemistry, biology, physics, and includes development and evaluation of biomarkers of exposure. Candidates for research training should have a strong background in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences, including college-level physics and calculus. Our activities are supported by a number of education and research centers: Environmental Health Engineering Faculty
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