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Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Phone: 215.762.6514
Email: hrp22@drexel.edu |
Hernando Perez is an assistant professor of public health. He received his M.P.H in Environmental and Occupational Health from Emory University and his Ph.D. in Industrial Hygiene from Purdue University. Dr. Perez is certified in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and serves as director of the Drexel School of Public Health's industrial hygiene consulting service. He is also board certified in safety by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. His research interests include children’s environmental health, housing and health, and environmental and occupational exposure assessment, with a particular focus on bioaerosols. He has presented his research at various regional, national and international scientific meetings including the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition and the International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
In collaboration with the Philadelphia Housing Authority, Dr. Perez developed a training program for workers involved in a community based participatory asthma intervention project in housing choice voucher properties (Section 8 Housing) in Philadelphia. Dr. Perez has also directed research designed to examine the combined role that environmental exposures and dietary deficiencies play in pediatric asthma. This research was a collaborative effort between the Drexel School of Public Health and the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Drexel College of Engineering. Currently Dr. Perez’s is the principal investigator of a research project funded by the Barra Foundation involving the delivery and evaluation of a pesticide exposure reduction intervention for pregnant inner city women in Philadelphia.
Dr. Perez served as consultant, facilitator, and report writer to the Mold Task Force of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. He has also served as evaluation advisor to the Philadelphia Department of Health’s recently awarded Healthy Homes Demonstration Project. Additionally, he has served as a grant reviewer for internal proposals at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as well as a senior grant reviewer for Round 12 of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Lead Hazard Control Grant Program.
Research Interests: Housing and health; indoor air quality (mold); children’s environmental health (asthma); urban pesticide exposure; bioaerosol assessment; occupational/environmental exposure assessment.
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