Tee Guidotti Chair Dept. of Environmental

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Tee GuidottiChairDept. of Environmental
Occupational Healtheohtlg_at_gwumc.edu202-994-1734
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Dept. of Environmental and Occupational
HealthSPHHS, GWUMC

• Opportunities for
• Collaborative Research

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Themes

• Occupational health and safety
• Risk science
• Child health and the environment
• Ecosystem and human health
• Evaluation of scientific evidence
• Homeland security

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Occupational Health and Safetywith Division of
OMT

• GW has been a national leader in studying
  workplace injuries and their prevention
• Strengths also in
• toxicology (esp. silica, hydrogen sulfide)
• occ/env epidemiology (esp. injuries, silica,
  firefighterss issues)
• workers compensation policy studies
• clinical occupational medicine
• oil and gas industry

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Environmental Health, Risk Sciencewith CRSPH

• Integrated approach, not by media quality
• Track record
• specialized, niche risk assessment microbial
• mental modeling and cognitive methods
• drinking water quality
• Strengths in
• quantitative risk assessment
• risk perception studies
• risk anticipation (emerging)

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Child Health Environment with MACCHE

• Pediatric EH Specialty Unit for Region 3
• one of 10 in US, supported by EPA
• emphasis on chemical hazards, e.g. lead
• education, outreach, referral, consultation
• services to parents, professionals
• Platform for research (under development)
• asthma
• neurobehavioral development (lead?)

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Ecosystem and Human Health(Photobiology Group)

• Unifying idea health implications of ecological
  disturbances
• Historical
• climate change
• urban ecosystems and sustainability
• Current
• UV, photobiology, photoimmunology (inc. melanoma)
• stratospheric ozone depletion

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Evaluation of Scientific Evidence(Lead SKPP)

• Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
• big impact, high visibility!
• Evidence-based medical dispute resolution
• law, adjudication, workers comp
• Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program
• Science on the Witness Stand, 2001

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Homeland Security(with local Counties, HSC, IET
DHS)

• Includes
• bioterrorism and other CBRNE issues
• community-level emergency mgmt
• critical infrastructure, workforce protection
• training and services
• Research
• community survey in Arlington Co.
• policy studies on terrorism, crit infrastructure

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Players
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New Direction for EOH?

• Coalescing around Risk Science
• Emphasizing strength in policy, regulation
• Still science-based
• Consistent with SPHHS, GWUMC vision/mission
  statements

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