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Global Environmental Health LAB Co-Founders

Dr. Tomoyuki Shibata, PH.D., M.SC.

Global Environmental Health LAB presentation on sustainable development goals SDGs

Nationality

Japanese

Residence

Chicago, United States

Language

English and Japanese

Education

B.Sc. in Health & Hygiene from Azabu University, M.Sc. in Environmental Health & Safety from the University of Miami, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering Emphasis) 

Professional Experience and Interests

Dr. Shibata has been passionate about making a difference locally and internationally ever since 1986 when he visited the infamous landfill slum, called "Smokey Mountain," in Manila, Philippines. With his multidisciplinary knowledge (e.g., from Health Sciences to Environmental Engineering) and practical research skills including field work, the wet lab (e.g. chemical and microbial analyses), health evaluation (e.g., epidemiologic approach and quantitative risk assessment), and modeling (e.g., empirical and stochastic) skills, he has conducted many interdisciplinary research projects and hosted workshops in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Dr. Shibata and Heidi West have co-founded the GEH LAB in order to provide engaged learning and research opportunities for students and junior professionals from the world, especially those who don't belong to universities with Global Environmental Health Programs.  As an Executive Director, he will work to create safe, healthy, and sustainable environment together with communities, governments, NGOs, and private sectors. Currently, he also works for Northern Illinois University as Professor in the Public Health Program and Faculty Associate in the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy; Center for Southeast Studies, and Center for Burma Studies. 

Connect with Dr. Shibata

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomoyuki_Shibata3

LinkedIn Profile

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoyuki-shibata-aabb77112

Heidi West, M.A.

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Title

Co-Founder & Director of Programs and Operations

Nationality

American

Residence

New York, United States

Language

English

Education

Bachelor's in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, Master's in Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs from American University, Graduate Certificate in Global Health from Drexel. 

Professional Experience and Interests

As a passionate and resourceful international program director with over 10 years of experience, Ms. West has dedicated her life to the realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to building an informed global community in support of multifaceted development issues. The foundations of her programmatic and global health policy expertise are based in her research, which focuses on the complex challenges of conflict-induced migration and how refugees and displaced persons utilize dialogue, narrative, and community building to reconstruct home and identity. She has examined these issues through multiple different lenses and translated the research into concrete tools and direct work with refugees, immigrants, and survivors of trauma. Currently, she is a consultant for Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) and prior to that she served as the Director of the Office of International Programs at Drexel University. 

Connect with Heidi

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heidi_West2

LinkedIn Profile

ResearchGate Profile

ResearchGate Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwestglobal

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