Environmental Health Sciences
Research and Centers
Faculty Research Interests
Most EnHS faculty members actively conduct research, many of whom are nationally and internationally renowned in their fields of study. Their current projects include:
- Exposure assessment in industrial settings
- Small business interventions to improve worker health and safety
- Pesticide exposures in children
- Chemical carcinogenesis
- Environmental indicators for The Great Lakes Basin
- Determinants of maternal health upon return to work after childbirth
- Evaluation of devices to minimize or eliminate microbial contamination
- Cancer prevention
Spotlight: The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) is an education and research center which is sponsored, in part, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The center provides graduate academic and research training programs, continuing education, and outreach activities.
Environmental Health Sciences
1260 Mayo (MMC 807)
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-626-0900
Fax: 612-626-4837
Division Head: William Toscano
Phone: (612) 624-2967
E-mail: tosca001@umn.edu