Faculty Directory : Division of Environmental Health Sciences : University of Minnesota

The Environmental Health Sciences major emphasizes the scientific, technological, policy, and management skills needed to address environmental health concerns.

Specialty Areas

We offer MS, MPH, and PhD degrees in the following specialty areas:

Specialty Track (click title to view more information)	Degree Options/ Curriculum	Faculty
Environmental Chemistry	MS \| PhD	Matt Simcik, Dir. Deborah Swackhamer
Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology	MS \| MPH \| PhD	Bruce Alexander, Dir. Tim Church Susan Gerberich Craig Hedberg Jeff Mandel George Maldonado
Environmental Health Policy	MS \| MPH \| PhD	Patricia McGovern, Dir. John Adgate
Environmental Infectious Diseases	MS \| MPH \| PhD	Craig Hedberg, Dir. Paul Allwood Carlota Medus Michael Osterholm
Exposure Sciences	MS	Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Dir. John Adgate Bruce Alexander Peter Raynor Matt Simcik Deborah Swackhamer William A. Toscano, Jr.
Environmental Physiology	PhD	Lisa Peterson William Toscano , Jr. Elizabeth Wattenberg
General Program	MS \| MPH	(most EnHS faculty)
Global Environmental Health	MS \| MPH	William A. Toscano, Jr., Dir. Bruce Alexander Patricia McGovern Gurumurthy Ramachandran Matt Simcik
Industrial Hygiene and Hazardous Substances Sub-specialty	MS & MPH \| PhD	Gurumurthy Ramachandran, IH Dir. Peter Raynor, HSAT Dir. Lisa Brosseau
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing	MS \| MPH \| PhD	Patricia McGovern, Co-Dir. Nancy Nachreiner, Co-Dir. Debra Olson
Occupational and Environmental Medicine	MPH	Jeff Mandel, Dir.
Regulatory Toxicology and Risk Assessment	MPH	Lisa Peterson William Toscano , Jr. Elizabeth Wattenberg
Agricultural Health and Safety	Minor Focus

Doctoral Training Grants

EnHS offers two doctoral training grants; each of which supports and enhances the PhD training of students in multidisciplinary fields of study and research:

Program	Degree/ Curriculum	Program Directors
Occupational Health Services Research and Policy A joint offering by the Divisions of Environmental Health Sciences and Health Policy and Management. EnHS students complete supporting coursework in health services research, policy and administration.	PhD	Patricia McGovern Bryan Dowd
Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Incorporates advanced training through curriculum and trainee research opportunities that involve multidisciplinary collaborations with experts in occupations injury epidemiology, engineering and human factors/ergonomics, safety, medicine, and the social sciences including occupational psychology.	PhD	Susan Gerberich Bruce Alexander

Joint Degree Programs

The Division also offers the following joint degrees in collaboration with other university schools:

J.D. with Law School
M.A. in Health Journalism
D.V.M. with the School of Veterinary Medicine
M.D. with the Medical School

Degree Options

The MPH degree is a minimum of 42 credits and the MS program requires a minimum of 30 credits and normally take two years to complete. The PhD program is oriented for those who want a career in research and academics and includes a 24 credit dissertation requirement.