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The University of Michigan Environmental Health Sciences department has an excellent record for career placement. Graduates are employed by local, state, national and international agencies; industry; consulting firms; private organizations and academic institutions. Listed are just a few of your possibilities.

Job title

• Air Quality Specialist
• Chemical Information Specialist
• Chief Medical Officer
• Community Liaison Officer
• Consumer Safety Officer
• Dietitian
• Director of Certification and Compliance
• Director of Environmental Health
• Director of Environmental Services
• Director of Industrial Hygiene
• Director of National Food and Safety and Toxicology Center
• Director for Nutrition Field Studies
• Director of Public Health
• Director of Solid Waste Disposal
• Director of Toxic Substances Agency
• Environmental Health Policy Analyst
• Environmental Health Research Scientist
• Environmental Consultant/Specialist
• Ergonomics Specialist
• Health and Safety Officer
• Health Services Nutrition Education
• Hygienist
• Industrial Waste Director
• Legislative Aide for Toxicology
• Medical Clinic Director
• Nutrition Education Officer
• Occupational Health Compliance Officer
• Professor (Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Toxicology)
• Sanitary Engineer
• Scientist
• Toxicologist

Companies

• Abbott Laboratories
• Alcoa
• Alza Pharmaceuticals
• American Axel and Manufacturing
• BASF
• Caterpillar
• Chrysler
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Dow Chemical
• Earth Tech
• Ecology Center of Ann Arbor
• Eli Lilly
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc.
• Exxon
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors
• GE Plastics
• Great American Insurance
• Intel
• International Paper
• Kodak
• Limnotech
• Lucent Technologies
• Los Alamos National Laboratories
• Mead Paper
• Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
• Motorola
• Mt Carmel Health Systems
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF International)
• Occupational, Safety and Health Agency (OSHA)
• Pfizer Global Research and Development
• Sandia National Laboratory
• Saturn
• S.C. Johnson and Sons
• UNISYS Corp
• United Auto Workers
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Wyckoff Chemical

A useful link for career planning:
School of Public Health Careers & Networking