About EOHS
The Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS) 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 EOHS 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 EOHS Division has a well equipped Air Quality laboratory where applied research in the fields of environmental and occupational hygiene is completed. The EOHS Division is also actively involved with contract research and presenting of short courses through Enterprises UP.
EHOS Staff
| Name: | CLAASEN Nico, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | BSc, MSc (Potch) PhD(UP) | |
| Position: | Associate Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Programme coordinator: BScHons Environmental and Occupational Health | |
| Division: | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Prof. 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 (0) 12 356 3256 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no 5-14 | |
| Name: | DE JAGER Tiaan, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | BSc, BSc(Hons), MSc (UFS), PhD (Pret), Post Doc (Laval, Canada) | |
| Position: | Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Director: University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (ISMC) Director: MRC Collaborating Centre for Malaria Research | |
| 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 (0) 12 319 2920 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | One Health Building, Prinshof South Room no: 1-10 | |
| Name: | HARRIS Bernice, Dr |
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| Qualifications: | MBChB MMed(Community Health) (Pret) | |
| Position: | Senior Lecturer | |
| Portfolio: | Programme coordinator: Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health (DTM&H) and Master of Public Health (MPH) - Disease Control | |
| Division: | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Dr Harris is a Community Health Specialist with an interest in infectious diseases and epidemiology. She is the coordinator of the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health (DTM&H) and the disease control track of the MPH | |
| ORCID ID: | 0000-0002-0924-3178 | |
| Telephone: | +27 (0) 12 356 3249 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-03 | |
| Name: | KRUGER Taneshka, Dr |
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| Qualifications: | PhD | |
| Position: | Project Manager: University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) | |
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| 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 (0) 12 319 2381 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | Health Sciences Building: Deans Complex Room no: 4-15 | |
| Name: | MOTO Tshepo, Dr |
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| Qualifications: | PhD (Public Health) | |
| Position: | Lecturer | |
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| Division: | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Toxicology and occupational and environmental health | |
| ORCID ID: | 0000-0001-7458-3155 | |
| Telephone: | +27 (0) 12 356 3287 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-15 | |
| Name: | SHIRINDE Joyce, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | PhD (Environmental Health) (UP) MPH (Environmental Health) (UP) BSc(Med)(Hons) (Environmental Health) (MEDUNSA) N. Dip and B. Tech (Environmental Health) (TUT) Post Graduate Diploma: Health Sciences Education (WITS) | |
| Position: | Associate Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Head of Division: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Chairperson: Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) | |
| Division: | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Health promotion and Social and Environmental determinants of Health. Dr Shirinde’s current research focuses on the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution on children’s health. | |
| ORCID ID: | 0000-0002-3467-1043 | |
| Telephone: | +27 (0) 12 356 3281 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-18.1 | |
| Name: | WICHMANN Janine, Prof |
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| 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: | Programme coordinator: Doctor of Philosophy (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 (0) 12 356 3259 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-17 | |
| Name: | ZUNGU Muzimkhulu, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | MBChB (UCT), DOMH (UP), MMed Comm Health (UP), FCPHM (SA | |
| Position: | Adjunct Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Programme coordinator: Diploma in Occupational Medicine and Health (DOMH) and Diploma in Occupational Health (DOH) | |
| 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 (0) 12 356 3257 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-12 | |