Seminar sessions are FREE, and open to all!

This event will be held online, via our UTHealth Webex webinar platform and in person.

Jooyeon Hwang, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences School of Public Health UTHealth Houston

Dr. Jooyeon Hwang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Hygiene and M.S. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hwang was as a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Her research has focused on investigating the relationship between occupational exposure to specific contaminants and their adverse health effects across several industries, including mining, agriculture, and public safety, such as firefighting. Her research has been instrumental in developing novel exposure-associated microbiomes and multi-omics assessment techniques for characterizing occupational and environmental exposures in health studies.

The Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS) Research Seminar Series presents information on current research topics and emerging issues in EOHS.

Seminars are presented by UTHealth School of Public Health faculty, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows or external esteemed guest lecturers. Seminars are scheduled on a biweekly basis, on alternate Fridays at noon.

Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Safety Professionals, Industrial Hygienists, Epidemiologists, Graduate Students and other public health professionals.

The objective of the series is to identify and discuss new methods, advances and current topics in environmental and occupational health science research and apply current knowledge and key assumptions in environmental health sciences and other areas to advance the development of the field.

Learning Outcome(s): At the completion of this series of lectures the Physician, Registered Nurse, Safety Professionals, Industrial Hygienists, Epidemiologists, Graduate Students and other public health professionals will be able to (1) recognize an environmental and/or occupational health problem; (2) identify new methods, advances and current research in the environmental and occupational health science; (3) discuss research outcomes; (4) consider application of major research findings; and (5) apply lessons learned to public health practices and patient care.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

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Houston, TX 77030

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Parking information

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