Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

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What is Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences? Heading link

Environmental and workforce health is population health. If you do not have a healthy environment or workforce, your communities will be unhealthy. Our communities impact our personal environments, and our environment impacts our community. Shouldn’t this be something we all pay more attention to? Help make a difference in your home, work, and community environments now.

UIC’s Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS) in the School of Public Health works to educate individuals, communities, and organizations about the environment and its hazards. EOHS teaches students how to protect people from environmental hazards in the air, water, soil, and food. Students learn how to anticipate, identify and assess these hazards; recommend and evaluate measures to reduce exposure; and implement and evaluate programs designed to protect and promote health equity and environmental justice. The UIC School of Public Health is the only CEPH-accredited school of public health in Illinois, and the division features the ANSAC-ABET-accredited Industrial Hygiene concentration toward Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) credentials. EOHS also offers funded traineeships for students through the Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety.

Training Diverse Students to Impact OEHS Workplaces Heading link

EOHS puts a spotlight on precarious work and the impact on health and the community as employment in hazardous jobs rise. Watch this film and the entire docuseries “Healthier Workplaces, A Healthier World” to learn how OEHS professionals are protecting workers in the workplace.