Research Partners

Key points

Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) brings together federal, state, and local environmental health specialists and epidemiologists. EHS-Net research partners work to better understand the environmental causes of foodborne illness. Learn more about EHS-Net and its funded partners.

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Current partners

EHS-Net partners help state and local health departments improve the practice of environmental health service programs who work to prevent outbreaks.

In fiscal year 2020, CDC awarded $1.54 million to four state and four local health departments for EHS-Net activities in 2020–2025A:

  • Franklin County, Ohio (Franklin County Public Health)
  • Harris County, Texas (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)
  • Minnesota (Minnesota State Department of Health)
  • New York (New York State Department of Health)
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • Rhode Island (Rhode Island Department of Health)
  • Southern Nevada (Southern Nevada Health District)
  • Tennessee (Tennessee State Department of Health)

Partnerships to improve practices‎

EHS-Net links environmental health specialists from state and local agencies with federal partners, including CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Previous partners

2015-2020

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Harris County, Texas (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)
  • Minnesota State Department of Health
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Southern Nevada Health District
  • Tennessee State Department of Health

2010-2015

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Cerro Gordo, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health)
  • Minnesota State Department of Health
  • New York City (Fund for Public Health / New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • San Mateo, California (County of San Mateo Health Services Agency)
  • Tennessee Department of Health

2005-2010

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Oregon Public Health Authority
  • Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Tennessee Department of Health

2000-2004

  • California Department of Public Health
  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Oregon Public Health Authority
  • Tennessee Department of Health

About this work

These activities were funded as part of CDC's Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net).

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National Center for Environmental Health
  1. 2020-2025 funding provided through Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) – Practice based research to improve food safety (RFA-EH-20-001).