- Associate Director, CCTS
- erin.haynes@uky.edu
- 859.562.2119
Erin N. Haynes, DrPH, MS, leads the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health in the UK College of Public Health and a NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Sciences Core Center. She is a community-engaged environmental health scientist with broad experiencing in exposure science and environmental epidemiology. Hallmarks of her research include leading a strong multidisciplinary team that focuses and prioritizes community environmental health research needs. She is currently a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Toxicology Program and has previously served on the National Academies of Sciences Committee on the Guidance for PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes, the NASEM East Palestine Train Derailment Workshop, a standing study section member of NIEHS Environmental Health Study Section, and co-Chair of the NIEHS Disaster Response Research (DR2) Network Committee. Dr. Haynes has worked with communities facing issues related to hazardous waste incineration, PFAS, manganese refining and processing, landfill emissions, and disasters. Her research expands environmental epidemiology, biomarkers of exposure and effect, health outcomes including neurodevelopment, and report-back for individual participants and for the community. She is the ideal contact for communities concerned about their exposure and for researchers wanting to engage with communities and develop strong partnerships and data communication strategies.