Dr. Gregory Dale Kearney is full Professor and Founding Director for the Environmental/Occupational Health Program at East Carolina University. He received his MPH in Epidemiology from the University of South Florida and his DrPH in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His areas of interest include Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Improving Health Outcomes, Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Community Health Assessments, Climate Change, and Rural Public Health.