NC Governor Cooper has proclaimed September 22-28, 2024, as Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) week, emphasizing the importance of the REHS profession in protecting the public. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay is a co-author of a newly published article titled “Examination of Factors that Impact Mask or Respirator Purchase and Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the journal PLoS ONE. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was interviewed on live TV at the RFD-TV Channel last Friday. She talked about her role as an ECU professor, her research on heat stress, and the heat stress app prototype that her research team developed. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth rfdtv.com/national-farm-…

What is #EnvironmentalHealth to you? Lauren Garcia (BS Environmental Health and Honors College student) shows it through a selfie. Happy #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay! #WEHD2024 #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

ECU Environmental Health students are featured for their research projects in the “Biting Times Newsletter Fall 2024” of the NC Mosquito and Vector Control Association (NCMVCA). sites.ecu.edu/ehsprogram/202… #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Stephanie Richards and Dr. Sinan Sousan (ECU Department of Public Health) are recognized by the ECU Office of Licensing and Commercialization as “Innovators of the Month” for October 2024 for their wind tunnel invention for insecticide testing. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Lieutenant Commander Eric Green, United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command Force Health Protection Officer and MS Environmental Health (MSEH 2013) alum was inducted tonight into the ECU Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS). #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Guy Iverson recently published a manuscript about malfunctioning onsite wastewater systems in the Journal of Environmental Management. Dr. Charles Humphrey serves as one of the co-authors. Congratulations! #ECUEnvironmentalHealth sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dr. Charles Humphrey recently presented his research in 2 conferences: NC Onsite Water Protection Conference and National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Conference. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth sites.ecu.edu/ehsprogram/202…

Dr. Stephanie Richards had a journal article published today in PLoS Global Public Health. Co-authors are Nicole Thomas, Dr. Sachiyo Shearman and Dr. Jo Anne Balanay. 📖 #ECUEnvironmentalHealth journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay had a journal article published online today in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene about a WBGT app prototype used to assess heat stress risk in an eastern North Carolina outdoor setting. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. Charlie Humphrey and Dr. Guy Iverson had an article about “Permeable Reactive Barrier on Reducing Groundwater Transport of Nitrate from an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System" published in the journal Hydrology. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth doi.org/10.3390/hydrol…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay, together with her ECU collaborators, Dr. Sinan Sousan and Dr. Carlyle Rogers, was featured in the East Magazine, Winter 2025 for the new AIHA Heat Stress. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth issuu.com/eastcarolina/d…

Dr. Stephanie Richards and Dr. Sinan Sousan received a $110,000 grant from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). Read more: sites.ecu.edu/ehsprogram/202… #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay and Dr. Sinan Sousan (ECU Department of Public Health) were recognized tonight at the 2025 ECU Research and Scholarship Awards Recognition Ceremony & Celebration for their copyright registration of the app prototype. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was featured in a recent AIHA article that describes that launch of the enhanced AIHA Heat Stress App version 2.0, which now includes features for indoor workers. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth aiha.org/press/aiha-lau…

Dr. Stephanie Richards was featured in the WNCT local news as one of the two research teams from East Carolina University that were approved for grant funding from NCInnovation for inventions in real-world applications. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth wnct.com/on-your-side/s…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay and Samantha Curtis (MS #ECUEnvironmentalHealth [MSEH] alumna) had an article titled "Occupational noise exposure of ushers during National Hockey League games in an indoor arena" published this week in the Journal of OEH. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A journal article titled “From Classrooms to Communities: Impact Stories from Accredited Environmental Health Programs” was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Health and included a shoutout to #ECUEnvironmentalHealth. jeh.neha.org/article/144002…

We are celebrating World Environmental Health Day today to promote the importance of #EnvironmentalHealth in our lives. #WEHD2025 #ECUEnvironmentalHealth