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Examining Environmental Factors, Human Health, and Disease
Our department is a leader in training students to identify environmental and occupational health risks and investigate practices and policies to mitigate those harms. 
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Academics
Learn about our professional degrees in the environmental health sciences and public health practice in industry, management, or academia.
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Admissions
Learn about the admissions process and requirements for the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
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Research & Practice
Through various initiatives, our research focuses on how exposure to environmental agents may contribute to human susceptibility to acute or chronic diseases.
Highlights

Our Faculty

Our outstanding faculty are proven experts, dedicated to training tomorrow's professionals who will champion the health and equity of our everyday environments. 

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Community Resources & Partners

Collaborative research is at the core of what we do. Learn more about the power of our work and valuable partnerships. 

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News

Drs. Cauley, Newman and Wenzel

Faculty trio cited among top female scientists – For yet another year

Data analytics company Research.com has again ranked three School of Public Health faculty members among their annual list of top 1,000 female scientists.

Leah Gruss is seen above setting mosquito traps as part of her work with the Pittsburgh Summer Institute.

Learning by doing

Students thrive at Pittsburgh Summer Institute.

Sally Wenzel

Dysfunctional destruction of cellular powerhouses is central to severe asthma

For two decades, Dr. Sally Wenzel, chair of the department of environmental and occupational health, has worked to bring precision medicine to asthma, publishing extensively on the disease’s many underlying genetic and molecular causes.

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