Research Partners

For Public Health

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. We currently fund four state and four local health departmentsA:

  • 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)
  • Rhode Island (Rhode Island Department of Health)
  • Southern Nevada (Southern Nevada Health District)
  • Tennessee (Tennessee State Department of Health)
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Map of EHS-Net partners
EHS-Net partners research food safety practices and root causes of foodborne illness and outbreaks.

Partnerships to improve practices

EHS-Net links environmental health specialists from state and local agencies with federal partners, including CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (Human Foods Program), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Previous partners

CDC has funded six to ten agencies to participate in EHS-Net since 2000. The following agencies received previous funding:

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health (Iowa)
  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services (Texas)
  • Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Minnesota State Department of Health
  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (New York)
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Oregon Public Health Authority
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • San Mateo Health Services Agency (California)
  • Southern Nevada Health District (Nevada)
  • Tennessee Department of Health

About this work

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

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Published: May 15, 2024
Updated: August 19, 2026

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