Region 5: Children’s Environmental Health in the Great Lakes Region
EPA Region 5 (Great Lakes) serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 37 Tribes.
Contacts
For questions or requests regarding technical assistance, training, or outreach on children’s environmental health, healthy schools, or environmental education topics, please contact:
- Megan Gavin: EPA Region 5 Children’s Health Coordinator; gavin.megan@epa.gov or (312) 353-5282.
Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health
EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) jointly support the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs), which is a network of experts in pediatric environmental health located throughout North America. PEHSUs were created to ensure that health professionals and communities have access to specialized medical knowledge and resources for children faced with a health risk due to a natural or human-made environmental hazard.
In Region 5, the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health is available to answer questions from health care professionals, parents, school officials, or other community members about children's symptoms that may be related to environmental exposures. An affiliated site is the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Pediatric Environmental Health and Lead Clinic.
- Service Area: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
- Email: ChildrensEnviro@uic.edu
- Phone: (312) 355-0597
Social Media
You can also keep up with children's health highlights by following us on social media.
- X: @EPARegion5
- Facebook: U.S. EPA Great Lakes Region
- Instagram: @EPA_GreatLakes