Department of Public Health

The Toxics Use Reduction Institute recently recognized Asst. Prof. Boce Zang as an Academic Champion of Toxics Use Reduction at the State House. He was one of 12 honorees that are working to reduce toxic chemical use across the Commonwealth.

Graduate students in the Master’s in Public Health with a focus on dietetics spent the semester interning on campus with University Dining Services, learning about everything from food prep and safety to knife skills and food waste composting.

An interdisciplinary team led by Manning School Assoc. Prof. Asil Oztekin and Zuckerberg College Assoc. Prof. Margaret Knight received a $10,000 IDEA grant from the Office of the Provost to collaborate with the Lowell Community Health Center and use Big Data analytics to model health outcomes for risk groups.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association named Margaret Quinn as the recipient of the Alice Hamilton Award, which is presented to an outstanding woman who has made a lasting achievement in the field of occupational and environmental hygiene.