Expertise

Areas of Interest:

  • Ecological and human health effects of pollutants and chemicals
  • Holistic and cumulative ecosystem, human health, and ecosystem services risk/vulnerability assessment and modeling
  • Risk communication
  • Sustainability modeling
  • Cyber security risk assessment modeling

Dr. Diane S. Henshel is an expert in risk assessment and sub-lethal health effectives of environmental pollutants. Her research focuses on the effects of pollutants on wildlife and human health and on assessment of a novel non-invasive treatment to counteract chemical stress.

She teaches toxicology, risk assessment and risk communication, and is a trained and practicing mediator.

Henshel's wildlife work involves correlations between field and laboratory studies, typically focusing on developmental or neuroendocrine-related effects.


Areas:

  • Social Health
  • Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
  • Energy Policy
  • Sustainability & Sustainable Development
  • Policy Analysis
Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Environmental Science

Communities
Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Public Administration
Degrees
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, Neuroscience, 1987
BS, Brown University, Biology, 1978
BA, Brown University, English, 1978
Keywords
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