Dr. Shendell is an Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH); and Principal Investigator/Director, NJ Safe Schools Program, SPH. He also serves as SPH Concentration Leader, Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Shendell and his teams work to “bridge” field-based scientific research, school surveys, injury surveillance, and educational training in a multidisciplinary fashion to inform policy and practice. His goals are to reduce environmental exposure and adverse health and safety effects.