Work Environment

Welcome to the Department of Work Environment, where we prepare you to create a safer, healthier world.
Learn to solve real-life problems using science, with a graduate degree from the Department of Work Environment at UMass Lowell.  Since 1987, our internationally renowned faculty has prepared hundreds of professionals for rewarding careers in the health, safety and environment fields. Join us.

David Kriebel, Sc.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Work Environment

Meet Our Faculty & Staff

Pia Markkanen, Sc.D.Research Professor, Work Environment 
Margaret M. Quinn, Sc.D. CIHProfessor, Work Environment 
Charles Levenstein, Ph.D., MSOHProfessor Emeritus, Work Environment, Center for Health Promotion & Research, The New England,  
Kenneth Geiser, Ph.D.Professor, Work Environment 
Rafael Moure-Eraso, Ph.D., C.I.H.Professor Emeritus, Work Environment 
David H. Wegman, M.D., M.P.H.Emeritus Faculty, Work Environment 
Maria Brunette, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Work Environment  
Michael J. Ellenbecker, Sc.D.Professor, Work Environment 
Susan Sama, Sc.D.Research Professor, Work Environment 
Robert A. Karasek, Ph.D., M.Sc., MArchProfessor, Work Environment 
Cora Roelofs, Sc.D.Research Faculty, Work Environment, Center for Health Promotion & Research 
Manuel Cifuentes, M.D., Sc.D. Associate Professor, Work Environment 
Polly Hoppin, Sc.D.Research Professor, Program Director, Work Environment, Environmental Health Program, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production 
Dhimiter Bello, Sc.D., MScAssociate Professor, Work Environment, Nanomanufacturing Center for Excellence, Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology Program  
Bryan Buchholz, Ph.D.Professor, Director, Work Environment, Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology ProgramOccupational Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation
David Kriebel, Sc.D.Professor, Department Chair, Co-Director, , Work Environment, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production 
Laura Punnett, Sc.D.Professor , Work Environment, CPH-NEW, Center for Women & Work 
Susan Woskie, Ph.D., C.I.H.Professor, Work Environment 

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