Interdisciplinary Activities

EOHS 495 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Seminar Heading link

Trainees attend a weekly seminar that explores different environmental and occupational health topics each month. This seminar is open to all SPH students, faculty, staff and partners.

Date: Every Wednesday during Fall and Spring academic semesters
Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm
Location:  School of Public Health |1603 W Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60612 | Room 932 (in-person and online)

 

Spring 2025 Schedule

TBD

 

Process Tours Heading link

ERC trainees smiling on a process tour.

Regional industrial facility tours or process tours are organized for students throughout the academic year. These tours give students the opportunity to connect what is being taught in the classroom to real world facilities and processes. On these tours students interact with professionals in their field of study and learn first-hand about the environmental occupational health hazards that can accompany the different industrial processes.

Date Process Site Type of Facility Location
Since the inception of the Illinois ERC, regional industrial facility tours or process tours have been organized for students. These tours have given students the opportunity to connect what is being taught in the classroom to real-world facilities and processes. On these tours, students interact with professionals in their field of study and learn first-hand about the environmental occupational health hazards that can accompany the different industrial processes. Below is a list of some of the tours that have been organized and offered by the Illinois ERC over the past few years.
Process Site Type of Facility Location
Asmark Institute Agricenter Grain and Fertilizer Handling Safety Facility Bloomington, Illinois
BP Refinery Petroleum Refinery Whiting, Indiana
Biological Research Laboratory at UIC Animal Research Laboratory Chicago, Illinois
Mitsubishi Motors Automotive Manufacturer Normal, Illinois
Chicago Tribune Newspaper Printing Facility Chicago, Illinois
Accellent Medical Device Manufacturer Wheeling, Illinois
Chicago Transit Authority Public Transportation Chicago, Illinois
Jelly Belly Candy Manufacturer North Chicago, Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory Research Laboratory Lemont, Illinois
Exxon Mobil Refinery Oil and Gas Refinery Joliet, Illinois
Lincoln Park Zoo Public Zoo Chicago, Illinois
Nabisco Triscuit Manufacturer Naperville, Illinois
PepsiCo Pepsi Bottling Facility Chicago, Illinois
ComEd Training Facility Electric Provider Training Facility Melrose Park, Illinois
Kohler Industries Kitchen and Bath Fixtures Manufacturing Kohler, Wisconsin
NE Illinois Public Safety Training Academy Public Safety Training Facility Glenview, Illinois
ArcelorMittal Steel Manufacturer Burns Harbor, Indiana
Stickney Wastewater Treatment Plant Wastewater Treatment Facility Stickney, Illinois
Lakeshore Recycling Facility Recycling Facility Chicago, Illinois
Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceuticals Manufacturer Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital Hospital Chicago, Illinois

For more information contact Heading link

Bidisha Gang, MBA, MPH

Center Coordinator
Phone: 312-996-4643
Email: bgang3@uic.edu