Hernando Perez, PhD, MPH, CIH, CSP

Assistant Professor

General Info
Bio
Research & Publications

Departments and Research Centers

Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Focus

Exposure assessment
Industrial Hygiene
Environmental exposures
Housing and health
Bioaerosol assessment
Community-based participatory research
Air quality
Asthma
Environmental health

Education

PhD, Industrial Hygiene, Purdue University, 2004
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health, Emory University, 1998
BS, Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, 1996
BA, Sociology, University of New Hampshire, 1996

Awards and Honors

2008, Invited Thought Leader, American Industrial Hygiene Association
2007, Membership, Sigma Xi
2005, EXPORT Health Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Bio Abstract

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. Dr. Perez collaborates extensively with both the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Philadelphia Department of Health on their federally funded Healthy Homes Demonstration Projects. This work has included research into health and safety hazards in family daycare homes in inner city Philadelphia as well as the development and delivery of asthma interventions in public housing. He has also worked closely with inner city populations to reduce pesticide exposures in residential environments. Dr. Perez is additionally actively involved in international industrial hygiene work, lecturing and consulting in India and Sri Lanka on issues of occupational health. Dr. Perez is currently a member of both the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine and the Committee on Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nurses of the Institute of Medicine. He served as consultant, facilitator, and report writer to the Mold Task Force of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. 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.

Recent Research

Healthy Homes Intervention Study: (Principal Investigator) This grant from the Philadelphia Housing Authority will pay for activities to correct safety and health hazards that produce asthma, lead poisoning and allergies in children of low-income families. -

Selected Publications

Perez, Hernando. “Indoor Air Quality Guidelines” In Oxford Bibliographies in Public Health. Ed. David V. McQueen. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

J Glueck, R Huneke, HR Perez, I Burstyn (2012) Exposure to airborne mouse and rat allergens among laboratory animal care workers. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 51(5):554-560

Perez HR, E Sullivan, K Michael, R Harris (2012): Fish consumption and advisory awareness among the Philadelphia Asian Community: A pilot study. Journal of Environmental Health, 74(8):24-28

Solon I, PL Gurian, HR Perez (2012): The extraction of a Bacilus anthracis surrogate from pleated HVAC filter samples. Indoor and Built Environment, 21(4):562-567

Leavy A, HR Perez, I Burstyn (2012): Endotoxin and particle counts in subsidized households with asthmatic children in Philadelphia: a pilot study. Indoor and Built Environment, 21(4):515-523

Perez HR, S Haines, K Michael, I Burstyn, M Jandyala, P Palermo (2011) An evaluation of health and safety hazards in family daycare homes in Philadelphia. Child and Youth Care Forum, 40:151-157

Perez HR, R Johnson, P Gurian, S Gibbs, J Taylor, I Burstyn(2011) Isolation of Airborne Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Urban Residences Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 8(2):80-85

Alvardo, C.S., Gandara, A., Flores, C., Perez, H.R., Green, C.F., Hurd, W.W., and Gibbs, S.G. (2009) Seasonal Changes in Airborne Fungi and Bacteria at a Dairy Cattle Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation in the Southwest United States. Journal of Environmental Health. 71(9): 40-44

Gandara A, LC Mota, C Flores, HR Perez, CF Green, SG Gibbs (2006) Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus from residential indoor bioaerosols. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(12):1859-1864 (Featured article in the Environews/Science Selections as “Unwelcome Guest: Airborne Staph in Homes” Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(12): A715.)

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