Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
P.O. Box 9
683 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ
USA 08854
Email: derek.g.shendell.96@alum.dartmouth.org
Disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Dr. Derek G. Shendell, D.Env, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He is also on the graduate faculty of Rutgers University and a member of the Exposure Science Division of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI). EOSHI is a joint institute of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University. He works to “bridge” science, education and policy in a multidisciplinary fashion to reduce and/or prevent environmental exposures and health effects. He focuses on community/schools-based research with local participation in planning and execution; educational trainings and materials, service and technical assistance; and, informed/evidence-based policy advocacy. His research and professional publications have focused on: school environments, including portable versus traditional, site-built school classrooms and facilities; indoor air and environmental quality in homes and office buildings; urban outdoor air quality and environment characterization, including relationships between indoor, outdoor, personal (adult, child) and in-vehicle air concentrations of fine particles and various toxic air contaminants; ventilation and energy efficiency, and linkages to student attendance; and, asthma among children and older adults. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Yale University, and UCLA.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
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