Julia M. Gohlke, PhD, MS
- Environmental Health
Dr. Julia Gohlke is an environmental health researcher. She uses spatial epidemiology and toxicology to examine health outcomes associated with chemical exposures, living close to resource extraction sites, and heat and flood events. She teaches courses in rural environmental health and Appalachian community research, and directs an NIH-funded graduate training program in rural environmental health.
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