Charles D. Treser , MPH
About
The general area of my teaching and research involves the applied aspects of environmental health practice, i.e., how the principles and concepts of environmental health are actually practiced in the field, especially by local, state, tribal and federal agencies. My principal areas of interest include administrative law and process as applied to environmental health, zoonotic disease, vector control and healthy housing and environmental public health workforce development (education and training).
Education
- MPH, University of Michigan
- BA, Thiel College
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new graduate students.
DEOHS Students Mentored
Addressing Household Air Pollution In Urban Shantytowns
Divya Ravi | MPH | 2015 | View
Assessing Infectious Disease Risk and Response Capabilities in the Asia Pacific Region
Victoria Balta | MPH | 2016 | View
Personal Flotation Devices: An Observational Study Characterizing Usage in King County, Washington
Raelyn A. Stockwell | MS Thesis | 1993 | View
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Methodology of Collecting and Analyzing Vectors and Disease Agents of Lyme Disease and Human Ehrlichoses
Michelle Bell | MS Thesis | 2000 | View
Identifying Mosquito Vector Species in Storm-water Drainage Ponds in King County, Washington
Amanda Zych | MS Thesis | 2003 | View
Research
Research Interests:
Environmental public health practice. Administrative law and process. Regulation. Policy analysis. Decision-making. Program planning. Evaluation. Education. Workforce. Healthy housing. Zoonotic disease. Vector control.
Previous projects:
Skills curriculum
Comparison of the knowledge, skills and abilities desired by public sector employers with the curriculum content of EH programs offered by schools of public health in five states. This study has collected job descriptions of all EH related jobs in all state agencies in Florida, Hawaii, New York, Oklahoma and Washington and we are now in the process of extracting and analyzing the data to identify the specific knowledge and skills that employers say they are looking for, in order to test the "fit" between these and the knowledge and skills taught in our schools of public health.
Housing and health
Development of a practical manual on housing and health for Environmental Health practitioners, housing inspectors and building code officials. This manual was developed as a cooperative project between the US Departments of Heath and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development.
Agreement
Administering a cooperative agreement between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National center for Environmental Health and the Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs to strengthen the Environmental Health workforce by promoting and strengthening accredited education programs in environmental Health.
Publications
Selected publications
- Environmental Health: The Invisible Profession
- Redefining our mission: Environmental health personnel seen as agents of change
- Agency and Personal Liability in Environmental Health
- Personal flotation device usage: do educational efforts have an impact?