University of New Mexico
NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Community Outreach and Education Program
Johnnye Lewis, PhD, Director
In addition to providing resources to K-12 teachers, the NMCEHS COEP team provides educational resources on environmental health topics to local communities, healthcare workers, and policy makers. Programs are developed to respond to communities through multiple mechanisms that best meet the needs of that community. Examples of community support (in addition to K-12 curricula and teacher workshops) include building community capacity for environmental health research, supporting efforts to address environmental injustices, sharing research results from NMCEHS scientists, and informing policy makers and facilitating policy change in the region.

Stefani D. Hines, MA, MS
Stefani D. Hines is coordinating the curriculum development effort of the Environmental Health Perspectives Student Edition. Stefani has a Masters in Soil, Water and Environmental Science and a Masters in Education. Stefani’s fifteen years of combined experience in scientific research, high school science teaching, and curriculum development are continuously drawn upon when designing curricula. She applies her experiences to create lessons that will energize students, develop skills used daily in research, and meet teachers’ diverse and unique needs with respect to subjects, topics, time, and standards requirements.

To learn more about the NMCEHS and its COEP visit http://hsc.unm.edu/envirohealth/