Susan Buchanan

Dr. Susan Buchanan (Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/University of Illinois Chicago)

Dr. Susan Buchanan, clinical associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the UIC School of Public Health, is director of the Great Lakes Center for Children’s and Reproductive Environmental Health, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Buchanan is an expert in health problems related to toxic substances and other environmental hazards in the workplace or community. Her research interests include the health of underrepresented, low-income and immigrant workers; of children; and reproductive environmental health. She has published studies on the impact of fish consumption and mercury exposure in the Asian communities in Chicago; the use of protective gear among Latino day-laborers; and lead exposure among Chicago’s children.