EOH professors, lecturers, students and staff were busy in Summer 2016! Our many achievements include:
- Curriculum: The department expanded its research and instruction on 21st century toxicology through the hire of Associate Professor Matias Attene-Ramos.
- Grants: The National Institutes of Health granted awards totaling more than $7.5 million to the department for studies that could help stop the spread of bad microbes.
- Student accomplishments: The community came together to support and show solidarity for victims of the Orlando shooting. Students presented culminating experiences on an array of topics including microbes in rainwater and links between obesity and semen parameters. Alumni had some impressive publications and traveled to present research conducted at GW.
- Publications and presentations: What we know—and don’t know about how exposure to the neonicotinoid insecticides linked to honeybee die-offs may impact human health was the subject of both a high-profile paper and a Senate briefing. Our faculty also quantified children’s involvement in household water collection, cataloged occupational injuries among beef slaughterhouse workers, and raised awareness about the interplay between environmental chemicals and obesity.
- News: Our faculty and staff were quoted in dozens of media outlets, including ABC News, NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, the Associated Press and the South China Morning Post.
See the Summer 2016 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health newsletter for more information, including why edible food packaging could be the solution to Hong Kong’s problems with plastic waste.