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Our research interests span occupational, environmental and ecological settings. We are especially interested in exposure assessment of conventional and emerging contaminants for purposes of environmental impact and health impact assessment, environmental epidemiology, and risk assessment. We are also interested in controls, mitigations and other interventions, and means to assess their effectiveness. Finally, we are interesting in new techniques to address environmental health and science problems, including the development and adaptation of new technology, environmental modeling and statistics, and multidisciplinary work to address environmental health and sustainability problems
Research Areas and Projects
Research Areas and Projects
Ambient air quality and air pollution epidemiology
Urban scale pollution, including conventional and toxic air pollutants, are examined using a variety of monitoring, modeling, and source apportionment techniques.
Role of Diesel and Other Vehicular Exhaust in Exacerbation of Childhood Asthma
The Detroit Asthma Morbidity, Air Quality and Traffic (DAMAT) Study
Indoor air quality
Pollutant concentrations indoors often exceed outdoor levels. We examine factors affecting IAQ, including emissions, air exchange rates, and occupant behaviors, and also examine means to improve air quality and reduce exposure.
Emerging chemical threats and environmental measurements
Brominated and fluorinated compounds are now ubiquitous in the environment. Many of these contaminants bioaccumulate in fish and other organisms. We are investigating the sources and pathways that lead to exposure. The ability to make measurements of toxic chemicals in environmental and biological media is key to understanding exposures. Our laboratory activities focus on organic chemicals ranging from volatile organic compounds (like benzene and perchloroethylene) to semi-volatile compounds (like PCBs and dioxin).
Sources, Transport and Impacts of PBDEs In The Russian Arctic
Occupational exposures, including hospital and hazardous waste
Workers can be highly exposed to chemicals, and the ability to understand sources and activities that lead to contaminant exposure is essential in mitigating exposures and risks. Often, occupational studies of chemical exposure increase the understanding the effects of chemical exposures. Exposures out of the workplace, in homes, outdoors, vehicles, and other settings, are also important and contribute to an individuals cumulative exposure. It is important to note that inappropriate disposal practices remain common, especially in developing countries. Often, trade-offs between risk of reinfection, exposure and cost appear problematic. We investigate best management practices aimed at reducing waste generation and ensuring appropriate disposal.
Emission and Permeation Characteristics of Biofuels: Potential for Worker Exposure
Health and Environmental Impacts of Alternative (Biofuel) Fuels
International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health
Michigan Education and Research Center in Occupational and Environmental Health
VOC and PAH Exposure and Health Effects Among Workers at Petrochemical Processes
Infectious Water-Related Disease
Water and disease-related issues represent major roadblocks on the path to sustainable development. For example, about 80% of illness and death in the developing world is water-related; half the world's hospital beds are occupied by people with water-related diseases; water-related illness (diarrhea and malaria alone) are by far the largest cause of under-five mortality (34%) in Africa in the 2000-03 period; preventable deaths from water-related disease are estimated to range up to 5 million people per year, most of them being children; and infant mortality in low-income countries is more than 13 times higher than in wealthier countries. This work is aimed at improving this situation by proving appropriate interventions aimed at minimizing disease.
Sustainable Control of Water-Associated Diseases: A Systems Approach
International Health
In Africa and elsewhere, there is huge need for capacity development and research to address local needs. The Fogarty International Center, World Health Organization, CDC, and others support training and infrastructure projects. Faculty and occasionally students participate in these endeavors.
International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health
Sources, Transport and Impacts of PBDEs In The Russian Arctic
Sustainable Control of Water-Associated Diseases: A Systems Approach
VOC and PAH Exposure and Health Effects Among Workers at Petrochemical Processes
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Energy production and utilization accounts for the bulk of air pollutant emissions, including conventional, toxic, and greenhouse gas emissions. This area of research involves both primary energy sources, transportation, and the built and urban environment.
Health and Environmental Impacts of Alternative (Biofuel) Fuels
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