UIC Faculty Investigator

 Full Bio

Dr. Susan Buchanan is a clinical associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health and the director of the Great Lakes Center for Reproductive and Children’s Environmental Health. This center, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, is designated as the Pediatric Environmental Specialty Unit for federal EPA Region 5. Dr. Buchanan also directs the Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a training center at the UIC School of Public Health funded by the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Dr. Buchanan is an expert in health problems related to toxic substances and other environmental hazards in the workplace or community. In addition to a clinical practice in the University Health Center at UIC, her research has included the health of minority, low-income, and immigrant workers; and reproductive environmental health. She has published studies on the impact of fish consumption and mercury exposure, the use of protective gear among Latino day-laborers; and lead exposure among Chicago’s children.