Faculty
![Jacqueline Agnew Jacqueline Agnew](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3.jpg?h=b2ed1833&itok=dSvsxcdS)
Jacqueline Agnew, PhD '92, seeks to better understand the relationship between workplace exposures, worker characteristics, and musculoskeletal disorders.
![Hedy Alvi](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/2022-05/hedy-alvi.jpg?h=7efb5f61&itok=IhWMwOFW)
Hedy Alavi, PhD, is an expert in hazardous and solid waste engineering and management.
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Matthew Aubourg, MSPH '23, uses scientific and technical expertise to address community-identified environmental health and justice concerns in rural and urban communities.
![Daniel Barnett Daniel Barnett](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1509.jpg?h=f34dd6bd&itok=Khotu_My)
Daniel Barnett, MD, MPH '01, studies emergency preparedness, response, and recovery to identify approaches for optimizing population health in emergencies and disasters.
![Pamela Berg Pamela Berg](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4325.jpg?h=7bc5cf4e&itok=_Ayfn3SF)
Pamela Berg, MPH ’02, directs the Center for a Livable Future’s Food Systems Education Program. Her interests are in the intersection of nutrition, food security and environmental health.
![Shyam Biswal Shyam Biswal](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/979.jpg?h=ec476b1c&itok=ow8boa84)
Shyam Biswal, PhD, studies the mechanisms by which environmental factors drive chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
![Martin Bloem Martin Bloem](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1574.jpg?h=50d9ab18&itok=4oVnWQp7)
Martin Bloem, MD, PhD, has devoted his career to improving the effectiveness of public health and nutrition programs through applied research, focusing particularly on low- and middle-income countries.
![Joseph Bressler Joseph Bressler](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/86.jpg?h=65e5c16e&itok=dXdXd2b7)
Joseph Bressler, PhD, studies how environmental pollutants affect neurodevelopment with specific interests in autism and fetal alcohol syndrome.
![Patrick Breysse Patrick Breysse](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/88.jpg?h=852176a3&itok=UBIQ-Imy)
Patrick Breysse, PhD ‘85, MHS '80, conducts research focused on the evaluation and control of chemical, biological, and physical factors that impact human health and well-being.
![Richard Bruns Richard Bruns](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3896.jpg?h=ffed8f21&itok=lxGN0wlL)
Richard Bruns, PhD, MS, researches economic modeling and cost-benefit analysis as it relates to public health and the prevention and mitigation of global catastrophic biological risks.
![Srinivasan Chandrasegaran Srinivasan Chandrasegaran](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/126.jpg?h=3dd5a471&itok=XQFarIiK)
Srinivasan Chandrasegaran, PhD, is part of an international team that synthesized the first functional chromosome in yeast, an important step in the field of synthetic biology.
![Steven Chow Steven Chow](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4270.jpg?h=4b23ccae&itok=A0ejf9qt)
Steven Chow, PhD '19, MSE '15, investigates detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water, treatment technologies for PFAS, and water quality monitoring within the greater Baltimore region.
![Anita Cicero Anita Cicero](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4078.jpg?h=8297b541&itok=0EVdzfPi)
Anita Cicero, JD, is Deputy Director at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security where she helps to lead strategic planning, program development, budgeting, and health security policy development.
![Meghan Davis Meghan Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3059.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=ymTt9jsJ)
Meghan Davis, DVM, PhD '12, MPH '08, studies the interface of bacteria and hosts to reduce microbe-mediated diseases in people and animals.
![Peter DeCarlo man wearing glasses, shirt and suit jacket, standing outdoors](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/2022-05/peter-decarlo.png?h=58c8a5e7&itok=2FcVNuHp)
Peter studies the chemical composition of gas particles in the air to improve our understanding of climate, air quality, and health impacts of pollutants.
![close up of man smiling wearing white shirt J. Hugh Ellis](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/2022-05/j-hugh-ellis.jpg?h=cc872d96&itok=FxUrbgxZ)
An expert in environmental systems analysis, Hugh's innovative models and analysis are integral to critical, policy-shaping research studies ranging from climate issues to public health.
![Natalie Exum Natalie Exum](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3474.jpeg?h=73f8af3d&itok=UAEnVZaR)
Natalie Exum, PhD ’16, MS, is bridging the gap between public health and sanitary engineering to understand how environmental infectious pathogens are transmitted to humans.