Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS)

About EOHS

The Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) Division commenced in 2014.  According to the World Health Organization, environmental factors account for approximately one third of the global burden of disease, with children under five carrying the brunt.

The objectives of the EOH Division are to develop capacity in South African and SADC countries to address environmental and occupational health risks with the aim to reduce the burden of disease associated with climatic changes and occupational exposures. We do this through post graduate programmes by supervising PhD, M and BSc Hons students using course work, focused practicals, excursions and teaching seminars.

The EOH Division has a well equipped Air Quality laboratory where applied research in the fields of environmental and occupational hygiene is completed.  The EOH Division is also actively involved with contract research and presenting of short courses through Enterprises UP.

Staff

Name:	CLAASEN Nico, Dr
Qualifications:	BSc, MSc (Potch) PhD(UP)
Position:	Senior Lecturer
Portfolio:	BSc Hons (Environmental and Occupational Health) coordinator
Division:	Head: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interest:	Dr Claassen is a physiologist with interest in occupational stress, in particular thermal stress. Current projects relate to the influence of clothing on thermoregulation; the use of heart rate variability, allostatic load and questionnaires to identify employees that may experience increased occupational stress levels; and, whole body vibration and mobile equipment.
ORCID ID:	0000-0003-0609-2930
Telephone:	+27 12 356 3256
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no 5-14
Name:	DE JAGER Tiaan, Prof
Qualifications:	BSc, BSc(Hons), MSc (UFS), PhD (Pret), Post Doc (Laval, Canada)
Position:	Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Director: UP ISMC
Division:	Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interest:	Prof de Jager’s main research focus is on sustainable malaria control.  He is also doing research in the field of environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including pesticides and industrial pollutants.  The EDC laboratory is focusing on bio-assays for estrogenic activity and water quality. The toxicology laboratory focuses on male reproductive health and function
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-3743-1715
Telephone:	+27 12 319 2192
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	Health Sciences Building: Deans Complex Room no: R5-21
Name:	KRUGER Taneshka, Dr
Qualifications:	PhD
Position:	Project Manager: University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC)
Portfolio:
Division:	Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interest:	Dr Kruger's main research focus is on sustainable malaria control. She mainly focuses on malaria education and awareness creation, and health promotion. Main function within the UP ISMC: To coordinate all malaria research at UP, under the UP ISMC For more information on the UP ISMC go to www.malaria.up.ac.za
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-3701-054X
Telephone:	+27 12 319 2381
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	Health Sciences Building: Deans Complex Room no: R4-15
Name:	MOTO Tshepo, Dr
Qualifications:	PhD (Public Health)
Position:	Lecturer
Portfolio:
Division:	Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interest:	Toxicology and occupational and environmental health
ORCID ID:	0000-0001-7458-3155
Telephone:	+27 12 356 3287
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-15
Name:	WICHMANN Janine, Prof
Qualifications:	PhD(Environmental Health) (UP) MSc(Environmental Ecology) (UP) MSc(Med)(Chemical Pathology) (UCT) BSc(Hons)(Chemistry) (UP) BSc(Chemistry & Biochemistry) (UP)
Position:	Professor
Portfolio:	Coordinator: PhD
Division:	Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research Interest:	Prof Wichmann completed her PhD at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria in 2005. She gained research experience at the CSIR, Pretoria; University of Utrecht in the Netherlands; the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden; the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France; the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden during 1998 to 2012. She is currently employed as a Professor at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests are air pollution and climate change epidemiology
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-3008-3463
Telephone:	+27 12 356 3259
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-17
Name:	ZUNGU Muzimkhulu, Prof
Qualifications:	MBChB (UCT), DOMH (UP), MMed Comm Health (UP), FCPHM (SA
Position:	Adjunct Professor
Portfolio:	Coordinator:  DOMH and DipOH
Division:	Environmental and Occupational Health
Research Interest:	Prof Zungu is a  Public Health Medicine Specialist with interest in occupational health policy, systems and management as well as the provision of occupational health, especially HIV and TB interventions in South Africa.
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-2028-9708
Telephone:	+27 12 356 3281
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-15