Sharron LaFollette, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair
Sharron LaFollette, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Public Health Department at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) with a joint faculty appointment in the Institute for Legal and Policy Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Toxicology from Oregon State University. Prior to joining academia, she spent eight years in Illinois government conducting multi-media risk assessments and providing risk communication and educational programs for physicians, public health professionals, and the general public. She taught and was director of the Environmental Health Program at Illinois State University for eight years before coming to UIS where she is in her seventh year. She teaches Environmental Toxicology; Environmental Risk Assessment sequence (leads to Certificate of Risk Assessment); Risk Management and Communication; and Environmental Policy: Air Quality, and Solid and Hazardous Waste Technology and Policy at the graduate level. She is currently the Graduate Chair of the National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council, past-president of the Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs, and past-president of the Illinois Environmental Health Association. Her research and consulting are in risk evaluation, risk communication, workforce development, indoor air quality impact on health, and radon levels related to building dynamics. She has over 23 years experience in conference and workshop planning and delivery in the multidisciplinary area of environmental health.
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