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Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH '03

Clinical Associate Professor

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Contact

Building & Room:

1051 SPHPI

Address:

1603 W. Taylor St.

Office Phone:

(312) 355-3291

About

Susan Buchanan, MD, is the director of the Great Lakes Center for Children’s and Reproductive Environmental Health and a clinical associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UIC School of Public Health.  Buchanan is an expert in health problems related to toxic substances and other environmental hazards in the workplace or community. Her research interests include the health of minority, low-income, and immigrant workers; of children; and reproductive environmental health. She has published studies on the impact of fish consumption and mercury exposure in the Asian communities in Chicago; the use of protective gear among Latino day-laborers; and lead exposure among Chicago’s children.