Description
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of health outcomes linked to environmental exposures (air, water, soil, climate, chemicals) and develop strategies for prevention and control.
- • Oversee environmental public health programs, including surveillance, exposure assessment, risk analysis, and community health improvement.
- • Investigate environmentally related diseases and conditions to determine exposures, sources, pathways, and risk factors.
- • Plan and direct studies on health effects of air, water, soil, climate, and chemical exposures and evaluate preventive interventions.
- • Plan, administer, and evaluate environmental health standards and policies in collaboration with health departments, environmental agencies, industry, and clinicians.
- • Provide expertise in study design, exposure metrics, GIS-based analyses, sample selection, and statistical modeling.
- • Develop and apply methods to link environmental monitoring, biomonitoring, and health data; analyze results and present findings.
- • Consult with and advise physicians, environmental scientists, toxicologists, engineers, policymakers, and community leaders on environmental health risks.
- • Supervise epidemiologists, analysts, and support staff.
- • Identify and analyze public health issues related to contaminants (e.g., lead, PFAS, pesticides), extreme weather, and air quality to inform research and policy.
- • Teach principles of environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, and data methods to students and professionals.
- • Coordinate or interpret environmental and biomarker sampling to assess population exposure and health impacts.
- • Monitor and report trends in environmentally linked illnesses (e.g., asthma, heat-related illness, waterborne disease) to public health agencies.
- • Communicate research findings and risk assessments on environmental exposures and health outcomes to practitioners, policymakers, and the public.
- • Educate healthcare workers, communities, and patients on exposure reduction, risk communication, and prevention strategies.
- • Write articles and technical reports for publication in professional journals.
- • Write grant applications to fund environmental epidemiology research and programs.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
