Hamid Arabzadeh, an adjunct professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a 2021 recipient of the President’s Award and the Social Responsibility Award by the American Industrial Hygiene Association. He was recognized for his role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Industrial hygiene is the study of environmental factors in the workplace to prevent illness and injury for employees. Arabzadeh, a specialist in occupational and environmental health, volunteered to serve on a COVID-19 task force formed in March 2020. The team’s guidelines were recognized by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a resource for recovery.
Arabzadeh has taught at UCLA since 2015 and is a faculty associate with the Southern California National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center. He is an elected fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Read the full news release on the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health website.
