Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development (HHD) has launched a program area initiative in environmental health sciences to address critical population health challenges, both anthropogenic and climate-change driven.

The initiative will grow and connect environmental health expertise at the college and integrate that expertise with other resources in health and environmental science throughout Penn State. Anticipated results include the launch of new research projects and the expansion of educational offerings and student experiences in the environmental health sciences that advance Penn State’s land grant mission.

Key components of the initiative are an ongoing strategic faculty hiring as well as intentional efforts to build and interconnect an intellectual community focused on environmental health science.

The program area is being led by Asher Rosinger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology and director of Water, Health, and Nutrition Lab.