The Department of Environmental Health Sciences is concerned with the adverse influence of the environment on human health and with controlling these influences. Traditionally, the field of environmental health sciences has focused on hazardous agents in the environment, including biological, chemical, and physical environmental agents. The Department engages in a number of activities within this traditional approach, including studies of the sources and environmental distribution of such agents; human exposure to such agents; the body’s response at the molecular, cellular, organ system, and whole-body levels; environmental risk assessment; and prevention and intervention strategies (including environmental engineering, law, policy, and communications solutions).
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences integrates diverse scientific disciplines in its quest to discover, translate, and disseminate new knowledge critical to understanding the impact of environmental factors on individuals and human populations, a goal that is central to public health. Paramount to our mission is a commitment to the education and training of public health professionals to solve environmental health challenges ranging in scale from molecular to global.
Two Master of Health Science degrees are offered by the Department to meet the academic and professional goals of its students, the MHS in Environmental Health and the MHS in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. The Department awards the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), and the Doctor of Science (ScD). Students in the PhD and ScD programs select from one of five areas to focus their academic studies and research:
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Baltimore, MD 21205
http://www.jhsph.edu
Patrick N. Breysse, PhD, Program Director
(301) 955-3608
