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Directors and Staff
Edward Emmett, MD, MS
Director
Phone: 215-349-5708, Fax: 215-662-4430
E-mail: emmetted@mail.med.upenn.edu
Dr. Emmett was the founding Deputy Director of the Center (CEET). He is a physician who completed residency training in Internal Medicine in Sydney, Australia and in Occupational Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. He has an MS in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Emmett joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and is Professor and Director of Academic Programs in Occupational Medicine at the School of Medicine, Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Health Initiatives, and Research Fellow in the Risk and Decision Processes Center at the Wharton School. He has broad expertise in the effects of the environment on human health, and experience working with academia, government, professional bodies and communities. From 1978 to 1988, he was Professor and Founding Director of the Divisions of Occupational Medicine in the Schools of Hygiene and Public Health and of Medicine, and of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at Johns Hopkins University. He directed the Environmental Medicine Core at the Johns Hopkins NIEHS Center of Excellence in Environmental Health at that time. From 1988 to 1996 he was Chief Executive of the Australian National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, a body whose functions overlap with those of OSHA, NIOSH, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and EPA in the United States, and Director of the Australian National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety. Dr. Emmett’s research has addressed occupational and environmental skin diseases, ultraviolet radiation effects on skin and eyes, the effects on humans of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, PCBs, organometals, various monomers used in plastics and resins, and other pollutants. In recent years Dr. Emmett has developed a particular interest in risk communication and in community environmental health. Since 2001 he has been working with the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), General Motors Corporation, and Delphi Corporation as their “Risk Communicator” to better translate research results into preventive actions by management and employees. Through his studies of perfluorooctanoate exposure in Southeast Ohio, funded by an Environmental Justice grant from the NIEHS, he has developed the nationally recognized ‘Community-First Method’ of communicating research findings. In addition, he has created a unique academic community-based residency program to train physicians to specialize in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Richard Pepino, MS, MSS
Deputy Director
E-mail: rpepino@sas.upenn.edu or rpepino@fandm.edu
Mr. Pepino is Coordinator of the Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) courses in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Mr. Pepino has Master’s degrees in Biology and Science Education, and is Director of the Public Policy Program at Franklin and Marshall College. Previously he spent 25 years with US EPA Region III, where he was Director of Strategic Planning, Chief of Environmental Impact Analysis, and Associate Director of the Office of Watersheds. His interests include public policy related to environmental health and alternative teaching methods in urban public education.
Maria Wolf
Coordinator
Phone: 215-615-4749, Fax: 215-662-4430
E-mail: wolfma@uphs.upenn.edu
Maria's responsibilities include coordinating COEC activities, acting as a liaison with our target communities, and planning Stakeholder Advisory Board meetings. Maria has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and worked in scientific publishing for 9 years. More recently she worked an Administrative Coordinator in the Dean’s Office of the Penn School of Nursing, where she gained knowledge of public health issues as well as in-depth skills in administration, coordination, and planning. Please contact Maria if you have questions about any of our programs, would like to know about mentorship opportunities, or have an environmental health issue in your community.
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Our Mailing Address is:
Community Outreach and Engagement Core
Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
University of Pennsylvania
130E John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6084
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