Major Grants

Our research mission is to promote occupational and environmental medicine as a discipline by scientifically and objectively creating new knowledge about complex workplace and community exposures. We focus on policy-relevant research, including the relationship between exposure and disease, the cost versus benefit of new standards, and clinical interventions. We serve as an objective and unique source of information for policy makers, regulatory bodies, and primary care givers.

Our Program continues its important research in many areas such as pediatric environmental health, former Hanford workers, high priority health issues in foreign countries, and chemically related illnesses caused by exposure to occupational and environmental chemicals. We have been awarded research funding from agencies such as the National Institute of Health (NIH), US Department of Energy (DOE), Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).