Sector Directory

Organization

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health

Mission

The Department of Environmental & Occupational Health in the Colorado School of Public Health focuses on decreasing and preventing environmental and occupational health hazards through education, research and service. Our programs prepare students to combat the effects of environmental contaminants on human health, the impacts of human activity on the environment and workplace exposures that impact employee wellbeing.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Charcoal, Crop residues, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

Since 2013, Dr. Dickinson (newly hired faculty in EOH) has been conducting a series of improved cookstove studies in Northern Ghana. She also coordinates the Colorado Cookstove Collaborative (CO3).

Partnership

EOH has expertise in applied, community-engaged research across a wide realm of subject areas. We look forward to continuing to engage in collaborative research to investigate household energy transitions and their environmental health impacts.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

United States

Address

13001 E. 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

Website

https://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/Academics/departments/EnvironmentalOccupationalHealth/Pages/welcome.aspx

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Dr. Katherine Dickinson

Title: Assistant Professor

Email: katiedickinson@gmail.com

Phone: 13035013927