Department of

Environmental Health and Engineering

The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering is an interdisciplinary department committed to generating and translating fundamental science and engineering into transformative environmental policies and practice to protect the health of the environment, communities and individuals.

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Ecologist Sarah Preheim On Dead Zones, Algae Blooms, And Working On The Chesapeake Bay

Preheim is a microbial ecologist in JHU's Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, where she studies the ecology of microbes impacting water quality in lakes, estuaries, and coastal oceans to inform remediation strategies.

Environment

EHE Faculty Design New Approach to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

Leveraging bioassays and artificial intelligence could help identify previously unknown chemical mixtures in the water supply

Associate Professor Ciaran Harman named a 2021 recipient of the AGU James B. Macelwane Medal

Award is American Geophysical Union's highest honor for young scientists in earth and planetary sciences

Environment

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CENTER NEWS

Caitlin Rivers to help establish the Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics

Dr. Caitlin Rivers, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, will serve as Associate Director of the new Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics being established at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What We Do

Our unique cross-divisional department combines the strengths of the Whiting School of Engineering and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Our graduates are prepared to be successful public health and engineering professionals in private and governmental organizations and attend the best graduate and PhD programs.