MS Environmental Health student, Justin Bunn, was awarded the AEHAP Student Research Competition Award for his work on the investigations into barrier spray efficacy for mosquito control in Eastern North Carolina at the National…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) a multi-million dollar contract in 2016 to establish training and certificate programs for mosquito surveillance and control that have…
Photos courtesy of Dr. Stephanie Richards
This week, graduate and undergraduate Environmental Health students started performing CDC bottle bioassays to examine insecticide susceptibility/ resistance in several populations of Aedes albopictus from different regions of North Carolina (NC). The mosquitoes will…
BS Environmental Health students conducted hands-on field experiments during their Safe Water Laboratory course last week, under the instruction of Mr. Guy Iverson. The goal of the experiment was for students to learn how…
BS Environmental Health senior student, Elijah Wood, did his 10-week summer internship at St. Mary's County Health Department in Leonardtown, Maryland. Elijah worked primarily with the Septic and Well team, and they performed site…
Dr. Stephanie Richards posted a Terminix blog this week on stinging ants and their public health significance. She discussed some examples of ant species that pose significant public health risk due to their stinging…
BS Environmental Health senior student, Caitlin Taylor, did her internship this summer 2017 with the Office of Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP), Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, Tennessee. Caitlin had…
Dear Miss Liza, The News Report stated that Emergency Shelters have opened due to the massive flooding after the hurricane and victims being displaced. I know you have “friends” in Environmental Health. What is…
AIHA ECU Student Section officers, Alexis Parale (secretary), Caitlin Taylor (vice president) and Bill Kitchen (Treasurer), spread the word about industrial hygiene and the chapter at the "Get A Clue Involvement Fair" at the…