Welcome to the Occupational and Environmental Health Center

About Us

The Occupational and Environmental Health Center (OEHC) at UConn Health Center combines clinical services, research, training, and consultation designed to improve occupational health for workers and businesses in Connecticut and the region. We are based in the Dowling North building at the University of Connecticut Health Center campus in Farmington, Connecticut.

We at the OEHC pride ourselves in translating the latest discoveries and knowledge in occupational health into useful services for workers, employers, and professionals. We have a multi-disciplinary team that includes medical professionals (physicians, nurses, and support staff), industrial hygienists, ergonomists, bio-engineers, epidemiologists, and public health professionals.

The OEHC has specialty programs in:

• Ergonomics
• Indoor Air Environments
• Acoustics
• Reproductive Health Hazards

In addition to routine occupational health services, we offer:

• Medical Director services by physicians board-certified in occupational medicine
• training and educational programs for workers, companies, and professionals
• expert consultation by industrial hygienists, ergonomists, and physicians
• cutting edge research on vibration, ergonomics, indoor air quality and mold, reproductive health hazards, and occupational disease surveillance.
• professional training for occupational medicine residents and other physicians
• teaching in the Masters of Public Health Program
• Employee Assistance programs for state agencies and private employers
• Employee Health services for UConn Health Center employees

Our services are available to everyone in the Connecticut region.

Please contact us with any questions or if you need specific services in occupational health and safety.

Contact Information

Occupational and Environmental Health Center
University of Connecticut Health Center
The Exchange, 2nd Floor, Suite 262
270 Farmington Avenue, MC 6210
Farmington, CT 06030-6210

• Clinic/Employee Health Phone (860) 679-2893
• Academic Phone (860) 679-4095
• Fax (860) 679-1349
• Email oehc@nso.uchc.edu