Climate | Environmental Health | Global Health

Climate |Environmental Health | Global Health

We excel in integrating social science, environmental science, and global health systems research—leveraging interdisciplinary expertise to tackle climate change, environmental exposures, and global health inequities.

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    Professor, Global and Community Health

    Dr. Bloom is a Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University. Bloom’s research focuses on the intersection of environmental pollutants and human health in the U.S. and abroad.
  • Assistant Professor, Global and Community Health

    Helen Chin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. Her research interests are centered around investigating factors that adversely affect the reproductive health of women and girls, as well as their offspring. Her current focus is studying how endocrine disrupting exposures affect ovarian development and function. 
  • Headshot of Kathi Huddleston

    Term Associate Research Professor, Nursing

    Building on over 40 years of nursing practice and research experience, Dr. Kathi Huddleston’s research interest has focused on improving health outcomes for children. She has conducted research in the intensive care areas and the community health arena. Her interests range from genomics to the microbiome, from neurodevelopment assessment to pediatric obesity.
  • Jenna Krall

    Associate Professor, Global and Community Health

    Director of Masters' Programs

    Dr. Jenna R. Krall is an associate professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. Krall is a biostatistician with research interests in air pollution and environmental epidemiology.
  • Suyoung Kwon headshot

    Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

    Dr. Suyoung Kwon’s research focuses on occupational health nursing, with a particular emphasis on preventing work-related disability and addressing employment challenges faced by people with disabilities. She has conducted studies on musculoskeletal disorders among workers in both the manufacturing and healthcare sectors, examining ergonomic exposures and the psychosocial work environment. Additionally, she has explored employment challenges through the lens of social determinants of health. Drawing on her experience as an occupational health nurse, ergonomist, industrial hygienist, and congressional policy fellow, she explores how the interplay between the work environment, labor market, and health policies shapes workers' health.
  • headshot of Melissa J Perry

    Dean
    College of Public Health
    George Mason University

    Dr. Perry, trained as an epidemiologist in public health, is the Dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University.
  • Anna Pollack

    Professor, Global and Community Health

    Anna Pollack’s research focuses on the relationship between environmental chemical exposures and fertility, pregnancy, and gynecologic health. Critical to understanding these endpoints, she investigates biological mechanisms underlying these processes, such as biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine disruption
  • Amira Roess

    Professor, Global and Community Health

    Dr. Roess is a professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Department of Global and Community Health. She is an epidemiologist with expertise in infectious diseases epidemiology, multi-disciplinary and multi-species field research and evaluating interventions to reduce the transmission and impact of infectious diseases.