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Julia M. Gohlke, PhD

Professor
  • Environmental Health
Julia Gohlke
Department of Population Health Sciences
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Environmental Health, 2004
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

MS, Environmental Health, 2001
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

BS, Biology, 1997
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

  • Human health implications of global environmental change
  • Human health risk assessment and communication after large-scale environmental disasters (e.g., Deepwater Horizon blowout)
  • Bioinformatic and alternative model techniques for disseminating the molecular underpinnings of environmental effects on human health
  • Quantitative methods for estimating interspecies differences in brain development

2024–present
Professor, Environmental Health
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2017–2024
Associate Professor, Environmental Health
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2015–2017
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health

Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2010–2015
Assistant Professor

University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Public Health
Environmental Health Sciences
Birmingham, AL

2010
AAAS Science Policy Fellow

U.S. Department of State
Office of Global Change
Washington, D.C.

2005–2009
Postdoctoral Fellowship

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC

2008
Temporary Advisor

World Health Organization
Public Health and the Environment
Geneva, Switzerland

2002
Graduate Research Assistantship

Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC

  • Society for Toxicology
  • Teratology Society