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Air pollution. Pesticide exposures. New and reemerging infectious diseases related to climate change. Contemporary life exposes people around the world to a wide variety of environmental health risks every day. Environmental exposures are among the leading contributors to the global burden of disease, significantly influencing the health of vulnerable populations in the developed and developing wo

rld. The Department of Environmental Health prepares students to meet these challenges through research, policy analysis, and community engagement. Students gain solid grounding in epidemiological and toxicological research to assess chemical, physical, biological, and social risk factors. Their education also includes training in legal and economic topics relevant to environmental and public health. There are multiple degree options, each leading to different outcomes. The MPH degree, for example, is a practice-based degree, while the MS provides students with a strong foundation in research skills. Additionally, many students engage in community-based research projects with faculty in and around Boston. Several studies involve collaboration with government agencies, other universities, or Boston Medical Center.

***Cutting-edge research projects and facilities***

As a major research university, there are many important faculty research projects at any given time. Current projects include studies of exposure to flame retardants, the effects of exposure to multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors on health in low-income communities, Gulf War Illness, and the BU Superfund Research Program. The Sherr and Schlezinger labs use state-of-the-art cellular and molecular technologies in exciting areas of basic and applied scientific research. The Exposure Biology Research Group performs in-depth field investigations of environmental and occupational exposures and uses biological markers to determine possible exposure-disease pathways.

***Degree Programs***

The department participates in our interdisciplinary school-wide degree programs. Degrees include:
•Master of Public Health (MPH)
•Master of Public Health (MPH) Dual Degree Programs
•Master of Science in Environmental Health
•Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health

***MPH Certificates***
•Infectious Disease
•Environmental Hazard Assessment

08/11/2021

Veterans from the 1991 Gulf War (GW) have suffered from Gulf War illness (GWI) for nearly 30 years. This illness encompasses multiple body systems, including the central nervous system (CNS). Diagnosis and treatment of GWI is difficult because there has not been an objective diagnostic biomarker. Re...

06/01/2021

In response to COVID-19, many states have implemented social distancing orders, but the effect of these orders on population mobility has not been fully quantified. Here, the authors use data from the US to show that state-level social distancing orders substantially reduced mobility and limited the...

03/31/2021

We are looking for interested Gulf War Veterans to participate in our research study. We have study sites in Boston, Miami, San Francisco and the Bronx.

Please contact our study team for more information or to see if you are eligible!

12/20/2020

Jessica Leibler, assistant professor of environmental health, is conducting studies to better understand the social and environmental factors of COVID-19 transmission among vulnerable populations in Massachusetts.

Read more about Leibler and her work here: http://spr.ly/6181Hub7N

11/10/2020
11/10/2020

Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

10/29/2020

Four more years of President Trump almost certainly means further destabilization of environmental health policy. But a Biden/Harris administration must be prepared with the same swift and targeted action to rebuild environmental safeguards.

10/21/2020

Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health, and Kate Weinberger, assistant professor of environmental health at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, discuss the intersections between climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting how both have profound negative impacts on our health and well-being, and exacerbate health inequities.

"For both threats, unprecedented national and global coordination will enable even faster progress and ultimately save countless lives," they write.

Read more here: http://spr.ly/6187GAyTf

10/20/2020

Amruta Nori-Sarma, postdoctoral associate in climate and health, is studying the association between extreme weather events and anxiety, depression, and PTSD among vulnerable populations.

“The conversation has shifted away from the theoretical ‘what will happen in 20 to 50 years,’ to ‘how can we effectively communicate how people can protect themselves during more extreme and more frequent events right now,’” she says.

Read more about her important work here: http://spr.ly/6180Gfaj6

10/02/2020

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