Environmental Public Health Practitioner

The Environmental Hazards and Emergencies (EHE) Department provides authoritative scientific advice to government, NHS and other bodies. EHE's mission is to prepare for and prevent future health security hazards, strengthen capability and respond to chemical and environmental emergencies, and build the UK's capacity on health security for new and long-term exposure to environmental hazards.

The EHE Department comprises of multidisciplinary teams of scientists working across geographically dispersed locations within England & Wales. The department is responsible for providing specialist advice at local,national and international level on the public health impact of acute and chronic non-infectious environmental exposures., Scientists collaborate with academia on research and evidence reviews to underpin this advice, such as via the National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Units (HPRU). Many scientists sit on cross government and multi-agency expert groups relevant to environmental public health. EHE also provides support to the Government's expert Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).

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