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Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)

The Environmental Health Sciences department examines how environmental exposures and climate change affect human health and disease. Through our degree programs, we educate, train, and mentor future leaders. Our research informs and influences policy, advocacy, and action around the world.

Degree Programs
We offer four different degrees that explore the environment and explain how it contributes to health.
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16 skills-based boot camps led by experts in the field, many of which are applicable to environmental health research.
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Research Centers and Programs
There are five centers and programs within EHS focused on laboratory and community-based research to translate findings into updated public health policies.
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Students
Our students' academic enrichment is a priority. Faculty and staff are actively engaged in mentoring and teaching students.
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Adding Up the Evidence on Air Pollution’s Harms to Children
A new study led by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health organizes the available scientific evidence on the effects of air pollution on children’s health.
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Message From the Chair

"Our planet is our home. It belongs to all of us. Yet our home is burdened by a myriad of environmental threats..." Read More

Why EHS?

Learn about Environment graduate programs at Columbia University's Environmental Health Sciences DepartmentLearn directly from our faculty about the importance of studying Environmental Health Sciences and why they do their research at Columbia. Watch Now

Centers & Programs

Our research looks at every facet of how the environment and climate change impact human health.

Students

Our talented students draw on their diverse backgrounds when developing the expertise needed to excel in the rapidly evolving environmental health field.

Faculty

Meet our esteemed faculty, who have a wide range of expertise throughout the environmental health field.

Spotlight

The Laboratory of Precision Environmental Health conducts large scale environmental and epidemiology research by using state-of-the-art technologies and molecular records of past environmental exposures to identify novel disease mechanisms.