Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIH

Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIH, serves as co-director of the Pilot Project and Emerging Issues programs. She is also the director of the North Carolina Occupational Safety Health Education and Research Center (NC OSHERC). Within NC OSHERC, Dr. Nylander-French oversees the Occupational Exposure Science and Industrial Hygiene Training Program, the Targeted Research Training Program, and the Pilot Project Program. Her research is focused on understanding the consequences of human exposure to toxic substances. Her laboratory has pioneered quantitative measurement techniques for inhalation and skin exposures as well as for biological monitoring of toxicants to estimate total body dose, which is critical to assess risk to health.