At a glance
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health plans, directs, and coordinates a program to protect the American people from environmental hazards. We promote a healthy environment and prevent premature death, avoidable illness and disability caused by non-infectious, non-occupational environmental and related factors.
Our mission
To protect people’s health from environmental hazards that can be present in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the world that sustains us by investigating relationships between environmental factors and health, developing guidance, and building partnerships.
Values
We are especially committed to protecting the health of vulnerable populations — children, older adults, and people with disabilities – from certain environmental hazards.
Focus
No matter where and how we work, we are committed to protecting the health of all people, not only in the U.S.
Goals
- Conduct research in the laboratory and in the field
- Investigate the effects of the environment on health
- Track and evaluate environment-related health problems through surveillance systems
- Help US and international agencies and organizations prepare for and respond to: natural, technologic, humanitarian, and terrorism-related environmental emergencies
Our impact
Our impact ranges from:
- responding to emergencies,
- educating and training various audiences,
- developing new standards and guidelines,
- and helping formulate public policy
Our work
The scope of our work is worldwide. We protect health during emergencies both in the U.S. and internationally.
Leadership Bio
As Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR), Dr. Aaron Bernstein leads the nation's public health agencies dedicated to protecting communities from toxic exposures and environmental hazards.
Dr. Bernstein is an internationally respected leader in children's environmental health, having spent his career working to ensure that all children can grow up in environments that enable them to live up to their full potential. His scholarship has explored a broad range of subjects, from toxic exposures to mercury and air pollution, to infectious disease emergence due to environmental changes.
He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University.
Resources
NCEH Organizational Chart
Contact NCEH
CDC/National Center for Environmental Health
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), TTY: 888-232-6348
Email CDC-INFO
Contact CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), TTY: 888-232-6348
Email CDC-INFO