International Research
The faculty of the Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology are leading investigations around the globe into the health of workers and the environment.  Currently, 12 faculty members are participating in research and training projects in over 15 countries.  You can learn more about the countries and research projects underway by clicking on the EOME International Faculty Research link here.

David Christiani, MD, SM, MPH
Director of the ERC
Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Tel: (617) 432-1260
Email: dchris@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Occupational diseases
Biomarkers
Molecular epidemiology

Jack Tigh Dennerlein, SM, PhD
Associate Professor of Ergonomics and Safety; Program Director, Occupational Injury Prevention Training Program
Tel: (617) 432-2028
Email: jax@hsph.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Orthopedic and occupational Biomechanics
Chronic musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace
Control of human movement
Human factors engineering and the design of human-machine interfaces
Injury prevention

Ellen Eisen, MS, SD
Adjunct Professor of Occupational Health; Professor of Work Environment, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Tel: (617) 432-6988
Email: eeisen@hsph.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Refining exposure-response models for occupational epidemiology by applying improved statistical methods

Rose Goldman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, HSPH; Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS, Chief, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance
Tel: (617) 665-1580
Email: rgoldman@challiance.org
Areas of specialty:
Neurotoxicity
Metal Toxicity
Repetitive Strain Injuries
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Medical Education

Philippe Grandjean, MD, Phd
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health; Chair and Professor of Environmental Medicine, Instititute of Public Health, University of Denmark
Tel: (617) 384-8907
Email: pgrand@hsph.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Environmental Epidemiology, especially the delayed effects of developmental exposure to marine contaminants, Occupational disease from exposure to mineral fibers and flouride, Neurotoxicity and metal toxicology, Biomarker development and validation, Endocrine disruption, Percutaneous absorption of chemicals, Precautionary principle and risk assessment.

Russ B. Hauser, MD, MPH, SD
Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Tel: (617) 432-3326
Email: rhauser@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Occupational lung diseases
Environmental agents and allergic airways disease
Male and Female Reproductive Health
Website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/earth/

Robert F. Herrick, MS, SD
Senior Lecturer on Industrial Hygiene
Tel: (617) 432-0674
Email: herrick@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Exposure-reactive aerosols
Characterization of complex exposures
Interaction of individuals with a source of exposure

Howard Hu, MD, MPH, SM, SD
Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research; Co-Director, Harvard-Michigan/Michigan-Harvard Metals Epidemiology Resarch Group
Email: hhu@hsph.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Epidemiology of chronic lead toxicity using biomarkers of bone lead accumulation and genetic susceptibility

Stephanos N. Kales, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine; Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency; Director, Occupational Medicine Training Core; Director of Employee and Industrial Medicine Clinical Services, Occupational and Environmental Health Center, Cambridge Health Alliance; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eileen McNeely, RNP, MS, PhD
Instructor in Occupational Health; Director, Occupational Health Services Research Component
Tel: (617) 384-8861
Email: emcneely@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Occupational health services research, injury prevention
Health effects of the organization of work (work structures, organizations, re-engineering)
Quality of worklife
Musculoskeleletal injuries

Donald K. Milton, MD, MPH, DPH
Senior Lecturer on Occupational and Environmental Health
Tel: (617) 432-3324
Email: dmilton@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Measurement of airborne endotoxin
Epidemiology of acute and chronic responses to bioaerosol exposure

Richard Monson, MD, SM, SD
Professor of Epidemiology; Principal Investigator, NIEHS Harvard Superfund Basic Research Program; Associate Dean for Professional Education; Co-Director, Occupational Epidemiology Training Core
Tel: (617) 432-3325
Email: monson@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Relationship between the workplace, the environment, and disease

Melissa Perry, ScD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Occupational Epidemiology; Co-Director, Injury Prevention Training Program
Tel: (617) 432-4645
Email: mperry@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Preventive intervention research
Agricultural health
Injury epidemiology

Stephen N. Rudnick, MS, SM, SD
Lecturer on Industrial Hygiene Engineering; Director, Hazardous Substance Academic Training Core; Director, ERC Hazardous Substance Training Program
Tel: (617) 432-1162
Email: srudnick@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Engineering control of particulate air contaminants in indoor and occupational settings and engineering control systems Sampling and analysis of air contaminants

Thomas Smith, MPH, MS, PhD
Professor of Industrial Hygiene; Director, Industrial Hygiene Training Core; Deputy Director, Harvard Education and Research Center
Tel: (617) 384-8804
Email: tsmith@hohp.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Evaluation of exposure-response relationships through occupational epidemiologic studies Application of pharmocokinetic modeling to sutdy exposure-tissue dose relationships Lab and field simulations to characterize exposure determinants

Gregory Wagner, MD, MPH
Visiting Professor of Occupational Health; Senior Advisor, NIOSH
Tel: (617) 432-6434
Email: gwagner@hsph.harvard.edu
Areas of specialty:
Occupational and environmental health policy, work-related lung disease epidemiology and prevention, work-health interrelationships, international silicosis elimination.

Xin Xu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
Tel: (617) 432-5472
Email: xin_xu@harvard.edu

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