Research Partners

Key points

Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) brings together federal, state, and local environmental health specialists and epidemiologists. EHS-Net research partners work to better understand the environmental causes of foodborne illness. Learn more about EHS-Net and its funded partners.

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Current partners

EHS-Net partners help state and local health departments improve the practice of environmental health service programs who work to prevent outbreaks.

In fiscal year 2020, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø awarded $1.54 million to four state and four local health departments for EHS-Net activities in 2020–2025A:

  • Franklin County, Ohio (Franklin County Public Health)
  • Harris County, Texas (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)
  • Minnesota (Minnesota State Department of Health)
  • New York (New York State Department of Health)
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • Southern Nevada (Southern Nevada Health District)
  • Tennessee (Tennessee State Department of Health)

Partnerships to improve practices‎

EHS-Net links environmental health specialists from state and local agencies with federal partners, including ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, the Food and Drug Administration (), and the .

Previous partners

2015-2020

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Harris County, Texas (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)
  • Minnesota State Department of Health
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Southern Nevada Health District
  • Tennessee State Department of Health

2010-2015

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Cerro Gordo, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health)
  • Minnesota State Department of Health
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • San Mateo, California (County of San Mateo Health Services Agency)
  • Tennessee Department of Health

2005-2010

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Oregon Public Health Authority
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Tennessee Department of Health

2000-2004

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Oregon Public Health Authority
  • Tennessee Department of Health

About this work

These activities were funded as part of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net).

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National Center for Environmental Health
  1. 2020-2025 funding provided through Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) – Practice based research to improve food safety (RFA-EH-20-001).