ECU Environmental Health

Dr. Stephanie Richards was recognized last week at the 2026 ECU Research and Scholarship Awards Recognition Ceremony and Celebration for the U.S. Patent awarded to her team’s wind tunnel invention. Congratulations! #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Stephanie Richards and her co-inventor, Dr. Sinan Sousan, were officially awarded today a U.S. Patent (US20250389613A1) for their wind tunnel invention that is used to assess the effectiveness of insecticide products for mosquito control. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Richards who was recently inducted as a member of the Order of the Anchor Society for attracting more than $1 million 💰 in sponsored awards to support scholarly efforts at ECU! #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

East Carolina University students give holiday food safety tips that they learned from their #EnvironmentalHealth class. Stay safe during the holiday season. Go Pirates! #ECUEnvironmentalHealth #FoodSafety #holidayfoodsafety

Dr. Stephanie Richards and her research team recently published a journal article about their wind tunnel invention (patent pending) in Insects. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/1…

Dr. Charles Humphrey had recently published an article on nutrient and bacteria contributions from watersheds in coastal North Carolina in ‘Hydrology.’ Dr. Guy Iverson z& MS #ECUEnvironmentalHealth students were co-authors. mdpi.com/2306-5338/12/1…

Dr. Stephanie Richards, accompanied by MS Environmental Health (MSEH) and EH certificate students, showcased the EH Program at the ECU Graduate and Professional School Fair last night at the ECU Main Campus Student Center. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Today, Dr. Douglas Casa, CEO of Korey Stringer Institute (KSI), gave a guest lecture on heat stress to the EHST 3900 (Introduction to Occupational Health) class under Dr. Jo Anne Balanay. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth #HeatStressPrevention #OccupationalHealth

We are celebrating World Environmental Health Day today to promote the importance of #EnvironmentalHealth in our lives. #WEHD2025 #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

A journal article titled “From Classrooms to Communities: Impact Stories from Accredited Environmental Health Programs” was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Health and included a shoutout to #ECUEnvironmentalHealth. jeh.neha.org/article/144002…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay and Samantha Curtis (MS #ECUEnvironmentalHealth [MSEH] alumna) had an article titled "Occupational noise exposure of ushers during National Hockey League games in an indoor arena" published this week in the Journal of OEH. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. Stephanie Richards was featured in the WNCT local news as one of the two research teams from East Carolina University that were approved for grant funding from NCInnovation for inventions in real-world applications. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth wnct.com/on-your-side/s…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was featured in a recent AIHA article that describes that launch of the enhanced AIHA Heat Stress App version 2.0, which now includes features for indoor workers. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth aiha.org/press/aiha-lau…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay and Dr. Sinan Sousan (ECU Department of Public Health) were recognized tonight at the 2025 ECU Research and Scholarship Awards Recognition Ceremony & Celebration for their copyright registration of the app prototype. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Stephanie Richards and Dr. Sinan Sousan received a $110,000 grant from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). Read more: sites.ecu.edu/ehsprogram/202… #ECUEnvironmentalHealth

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay, together with her ECU collaborators, Dr. Sinan Sousan and Dr. Carlyle Rogers, was featured in the East Magazine, Winter 2025 for the new AIHA Heat Stress. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth issuu.com/eastcarolina/d…

Dr. Charlie Humphrey and Dr. Guy Iverson had an article about “Permeable Reactive Barrier on Reducing Groundwater Transport of Nitrate from an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System" published in the journal Hydrology. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth doi.org/10.3390/hydrol…

Dr. Jo Anne Balanay had a journal article published online today in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene about a WBGT app prototype used to assess heat stress risk in an eastern North Carolina outdoor setting. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. Stephanie Richards had a journal article published today in PLoS Global Public Health. Co-authors are Nicole Thomas, Dr. Sachiyo Shearman and Dr. Jo Anne Balanay. 📖 #ECUEnvironmentalHealth journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Dr. Charles Humphrey recently presented his research in 2 conferences: NC Onsite Water Protection Conference and National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Conference. #ECUEnvironmentalHealth sites.ecu.edu/ehsprogram/202…