Environmental and Occupational Health | School of Public Health

Examining Environmental Factors, Human Health, and Disease

Our department is a leader in training students to identify environmental and occupational health risks and investigate practices and policies to mitigate those harms.

Why Study EOH at Pitt?

Degree Programs

Learn about our professional degrees in the environmental health sciences and public health practice in industry, management, or academia.

Admissions

Learn about the admissions process and requirements for the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.

Research & Practice

Through various initiatives, our research focuses on how exposure to environmental agents may contribute to human susceptibility to acute or chronic diseases.

National Environmental Public Health Internship Program

By virtue of our EOH MPH program's recent accreditation by National Environmental Health Association we are excited to announce that MPH students can take advantage of a variety of internship programs sponsored and arranged through the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program.

25-30 hands-on practicum experiences (approx. 400 hours) are available at multiple times throughout the year through various state, tribal, and territorial environmental health agencies. Interns receive a stipend of $8,000, as well as need-based financial assistance for relocation up to $500 and time spent can be applied as practicum hours required for the student’s degree.

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Highlights

Our Faculty

Our outstanding faculty are proven experts, dedicated to training tomorrow's professionals who will champion the health and equity of our everyday environments.

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Community Resources & Partners

Collaborative research is at the core of what we do. Learn more about the power of our work and valuable partnerships.

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News

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Researchers receive NIH grant to study how early-life environmental exposures affect kidney health

Alison Sanders, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and associate dean for research at Pitt Public Health, and Izzuddin M.

Dean Maureen Lichtveld recognized as a Pittsburgh Business Times 2026 Women of Influence honoree

Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been recognized by the Pittsburgh Business Times as part of its 2026 Women of Influence awards. The honor recognizes leaders across the region for their professional accomplishments, community impact and leadership.

Cancer mystery solved: Scientists discover how melanoma becomes “immortal”

Pattra Chun-on, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Pitt’s School of Public Health, ultimately helped identify a previously overlooked genetic partnership that keeps melanoma cells effectively immortal, allowing tumors to continue dividing long after normal cells would shut down. Working in the lab of Jonathan Alder, assistant professor in Pitt's School of Medicine, the study points to a possible new weakness in cancer cells that future treatments could target.

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