Environmental Health

Environmental health officers in the Corps:

• Provide leadership and support to public health programs designed to protect the public from exposure to hazardous substances.
• Provide services in disease prevention, environmental health, injury prevention, health promotion and education, and occupational safety.
• Undertake highly specialized services in areas such as counterterrorism, industrial hygiene, health physics, and hazardous waste.
• Conduct a wide variety of activities, including surveys, investigations, research, teaching and training, consumer education, technical assistance, regulatory compliance, and codes and standards development.
• Respond to public health emergencies.
• Review and regulate medical products and devices.
• Conduct biomedical and epidemiological research.
• Develop and monitor national health policies.
• Work in domestic and international assignments.

Environmental health officers in the Commissioned Corps work throughout the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in other Federal agencies and programs, including the following:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Department of Health and Human Services Program Support Center
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Interior/National Park Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Food and Drug Administration
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Indian Health Service
• National Institutes of Health
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

If you are a student or an environmental health professional interested in the Commissioned Corps, take the next step! E-mail us your questions, call us at 800-279-1605, or apply online now.