Empowering Populations
Pursuing a healthier, more equitable world for all, Michigan Public Health researchers are accompanying vulnerable individuals and communities on our way to designing a world that is a good deal healthier for everyone in it.
Environmental Health Sciences
Improving Working Conditions for E-Waste Recyclers
An In-Depth Look at Rick Neitzel's Research
For the last two years, Rick Neitzel, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences, and his colleagues have been studying e-waste recycling to identify the health hazards workers might face and help them improve their working conditions.
Football Players as Workers: Should OSHA Regulate the NFL?
New Research from Adam Finkel
What would happen if we started thinking of NFL players as workers, who might be in harm’s way as they tackle and crash to the amazement of millions of fans? Adam M. Finkel, clinical professor of Environmental Health Sciences, explores this question.
IN THE NEWS: PFAS Contamination Throughout Michigan
Rita Loch-Caruso on WEMU
WEMU's David Fair talked with Rita Loch-Caruso, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, about chemicals known as PFAS that have found their way into drinking water in Washtenaw County and throughout the state.
IN THE NEWS: Study Finds Freshwater Algae May Become Airborne, Posing Public Health Threat
Andrew Ault on WEMU
Algal blooms are common in the Great Lakes in the summertime, but they may be more dangerous than originally believed. WEMU's David Fair talked with Andrew Ault, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences, about a study that determined that algal blooms can become airborne and what that means for public health.
Dana Dolinoy Receives Achievement Award from Society of Toxicology
Dana Dolinoy, NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, received the 2018 Achievement Award from the Society of Toxicology for her work to understand how nutritional and environmental factors influence epigenetic gene regulation, and how early life exposures can lead to disease later in life.