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Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein

Assistant Professor, Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH)

School of Public Health

Expertise

Environmental Health

Environmental Science and Technology

Health Equity and Literacy

Dr. Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein is a water quality specialist, improving water quality through community-engaged research and outreach. She directs the WOW (Water quality, Outreach, and Wellness) Lab. Her current projects include evaluating the microbial safety of harvested rainwater for produce irrigation, on-farm well water quality, determining the risk of exposure to pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria from sanitary sewer overflows, and health risks from septic failures caused by sea-level rise. She received a PhD in Toxicology and Environmental Health and an MPH in Environmental Health from the University of Maryland, as well as a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

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