Environmental Health and Engineering
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering strives to be a global driver of pioneering interdisciplinary research, innovative education, and translational practice that enhances human health and environmental sustainability across the natural, built, and social environments.
Environmental Health & Engineering Headlines
Waste Not, Want Not
A method for converting organic waste into medium-chain carboxylic acids could be a game-changer. EHE's Shilva Shrestha, an assistant professor of environmental health and engineering, oversees phase one of the project.
Johns Hopkins Team Finds Lab-Grown Brain Organoids Show Building Blocks for Learning and Memory
Study shows human brain organoids can replicate the fundamental processes behind cognitive functions, opening doors to disease research, drug discovery, and ethical discussions about organoid intelligence.
Cracking the Code of Everyday Chemical Exposure with AI
By using machine learning to predict how molecules behave during analysis, Johns Hopkins scientists say researchers can finally match thousands of unidentified compounds to known chemicals—advancing efforts to understand how the environment influences health over a lifetime.
Scientists Uncover a Massive Injustice
Black communities in Cancer Alley have long been known for being some of the most polluted in the country. But just how polluted? Louisiana's petrochemical industry “self-reports” the amount of toxins it releases into the air, which the EPA then uses to model people's exposure. But when two Johns Hopkins scientists went there to measure more than 45 different hazardous pollutants, they were shocked at what they found.
Environmental Health & Engineering Highlights
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ranked by peers in Environmental Health Sciences - U.S. News & World Report
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degrees offered, including 1 undergraduate, 6 master's, and 2 doctoral degrees
253
students, including 40 undergraduates, 104 master's students, 75 doctoral students, and 34 postdocs
2,200+
global alumni network working in industry, government, nonprofits, and academia
Environmental Health and Engineering Programs
We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental engineering, as well as a range of master's and doctoral degrees in public health.
Undergraduate Programs
Our Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering prepares students to succeed in the private sector, governmental organizations, and top-tier graduate programs.
Graduate Programs
We offer a range of interdisciplinary graduate programs at the intersection of public health and engineering.
Non-Degree Programs
Our department offers certificates and other programs to foster professional growth.
Centers and Institutes in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
The Johns Hopkins POE Total Worker Health® Center (POE Center)
Center for Community Health: Addressing Regional Maryland Environmental Determinants of Disease (CHARMED)
Planetary Health Alliance
Center for Smart Transportation
Environmental Health and Engineering Faculty Spotlights
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering has more than 100 faculty members spanning a broad range of expertise. Our faculty are world-renowned and trusted advisers to our students, environmental health leaders, and the public.
Steve is an expert in financial statecraft, including water resource economics.
Ben, the Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Professor of Environmental Management, uses systems analysis and economics to improve electric utility planning, operations, and policy, as well as management of environmental and water resources systems.
Christopher Heaney, PhD, MS, and his team, developed a saliva-based test that accurately detects the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from small samples of saliva.
Ciaran, an associate professor of landscape hydrology and Russell Croft Faculty Scholar, studies how the structure of landscapes controls the movement of water from rainfall to streams, and how that structure evolves over time.
Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, steers the revolution in toxicology to move away from 50+ year-old animal tests to organoid cultures and the use of artificial intelligence.
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