Erin N. Haynes, DrPH, MS, is the Kurt W. Deuschle Professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Public Health. She is a community-engaged environmental health scientist with broad experience in exposure science and environmental epidemiology. Hallmarks of her research include leading strong multidisciplinary teams that focus and prioritize community environmental health research needs. She is currently the director of the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Center at UK and the President of the International Society of Exposure Science.
She previously served as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Toxicology Program, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on the Guidance for PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes, the NASEM East Palestine Train Derailment Workshop, a standing study section member of NIEHS Environmental Health Study Section, and is currently an academic lead of the Disaster Response Research (DR2) Network. Erin is currently the lead investigator of the East Palestine Train Derailment Health Research Program, to uncover potential long-term health effects of residents following the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment on February 3 of this year.
Dr. Haynes has worked with communities facing issues related to hazardous waste incineration, PFAS, manganese refining and processing, landfill emissions, and disasters. Her research expands environmental epidemiology, biomarkers of exposure and effect, health outcomes including neurodevelopment, and report-back for individual participants and for the community.
Watch the NEXUS podcast featuring Dr. Erin Haynes, “Exposure Science and Community Engaged Research”
Fun Fact:
- She was raised and still lives in a rural Appalachian Ohio community with her husband of 25 years, 3 wonderful children, and her dog named Posie.