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Explore the latest public health research and insights about environment.

Some nations have already taken decisive steps to ban mercury amalgam in dental fillings—but in Zambia, despite the dangers, progress has stalled.

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Global Health NOW
Abhirup Datta

Faculty Spotlight: Abhirup Datta, PhD, MS

Abhirup Datta, PhD, MS, is an associate professor in Biostatistics, where he develops and applies statistical and machine learning methods to address substantive questions in environmental health, climate sciences, and global health research.

Department of Biostatistics
Man standing in front of a field with buildings in the distant background

Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig waste into homes from nearby factory farms in Duplin County, North Carolina.

Sentient Science
view from below of hammerhead sharks swimming

Programs promising to save endangered species of sharks and other fish by incentivizing their release may be backfiring, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins and Oxford University.

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Environment Faculty Experts

 Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of environment? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Marsha Wills-Karp
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD, researches the environmental determinants of allergic and immune diseases across the lifespan and chairs the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.

Kellogg Schwab
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Kellogg Schwab, PhD, integrates engineering, public health, and human behavior by researching water and wastewater contaminants of public health concern.

Alfred Sommer
Professor
- Emeritus
Epidemiology

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS '73, studies the causes and prevention of childhood micronutrient malnutrition and mortality, and the causes and prevention of blinding diseases.

Brian Schwartz
Professor
Environmental Health and Engineering

Brian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME ’90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments.