Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Director, MPH Program Role: Faculty Title: Professor Office No: 203 Address: 485 E. Gray St Phone: 502/852-0196 Student Office Hours: Tuesday 10AM - 12PM E-mail: robert.jacobs@louisville.edu

Background

Dr. Jacobs received his Ph.D. in environmental sciences and engineering from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the School of Public Health and Information Sciences at the University of Louisville he was the Director of the Graduate Program in Public Health at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University, and prior to that a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Research Interests

Health effects associated with indoor air and exposures to organic dust in agricultural and industrial environments; Inhalation toxicology, and International Environmental and Occupational Health Practice

Teaching Activities

Environmental Health; Risk Assessment; Occupational Toxicology;
Biosafety;

Service

Member:
American Public Health Association

American Teachers of Preventative Medicine

American Industrial Hygiene Association

Honors and Awards

Member: Delta Omega - The National Public Health Honor Society

Office Hours

By appointment